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An incendiary audio clip has been doing the rounds, the message delivered in Hindi by a male voice which says,<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>\u0924\u092e\u093f\u0932\u0928\u093e\u0921\u0942 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0915\u094b \u090f\u0915 \u0915\u0928\u091f\u0947\u0928\u0930 \u0938\u0947 \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0932\u093e\u0936 \u092e\u093f\u0932\u0940, \u0907\u0928 \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u091c\u093f\u0938\u094d\u092e \u0915\u0947 \u0905\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0930 \u0915\u093e \u0939\u093f\u0938\u094d\u0938\u093e \u0928\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0932\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948, \u091c\u0948\u0938\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0921\u0928\u0940, \u0932\u0940\u0935\u0930\u0964 \u0924\u092e\u093f\u0932\u0928\u093e\u0921\u0942 \u092a\u0941\u0932\u093f\u0938 \u0928\u0947 \u092c\u0924\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0907\u0928 \u0938\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0905\u0932\u0917 \u0905\u0932\u0917 \u0926\u0947\u0936\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0921\u0928\u0948\u092a \u0915\u0930\u0915\u0947 \u0932\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0939\u0948 ..\u0928\u094b\u091f:-\u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0918\u0930 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u091a\u094d\u091a\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0938\u092e\u094d\u092d\u093e\u0932\u094b, \u0909\u0928\u0915\u093e \u0916\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0932 \u0930\u0916\u094b, \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0917\u094d\u0930\u0941\u092a \u092e\u0947 \u092f\u0947 \u092e\u0948\u0938\u0947\u091c \u0938\u0947\u0928\u094d\u0921 \u0915\u0930\u094b\u0964 \u0907\u0938 \u092b\u094b\u091f\u094b \u0915\u094b \u0907\u0924\u0928\u093e \u092b\u0948\u0932\u093e\u0913 \u0924\u093e\u0915\u093f \u0915\u0941\u0924\u094d\u0924\u093e \u092a\u0915\u0921\u093c\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u090f\u0964 \u0905\u0917\u0930 \u091c\u093f\u0938\u0928\u0947 \u092f\u0947 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u092b\u0948\u0932\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0935\u094b \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0940 \u092e\u093e\u0901 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u092a\u0942\u0924 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902\u0964 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u092b\u094b\u0928 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u091a\u093e\u0939\u0947 \u0915\u093f\u0924\u0928\u0947 \u092d\u0940 \u0917\u094d\u0930\u0941\u092a \u0939\u094b 1, 2 , 3, 4 \u092f\u093e 25, \u092f\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0930\u0947 \u0917\u094d\u0930\u0941\u092a \u092e\u0947 \u092d\u0947\u091c\u094b, \u0939\u0930\u093e\u092e\u0916\u094b\u0930 \u092a\u0915\u0921\u093c\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0928\u093e \u091a\u093e\u0939\u093f\u090f\u0964\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Translation<\/strong>: \u201cTamil Nadu police found bodies of children inside a container. Internal organs were removed from their bodies, like kidney and liver. Tamil Nadu police has said these children were abducted from various countries and brought here. Note: Take care of your children. Send this message to every group. Spread this photograph so much that this dog is caught. Who does not circulate this is not his\/mother\u2019s child. Send this to as many groups- 1, 2, 3, 4, or 25. This rascal must be caught.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Alt News is not posting the audio clip here owing to its provocative nature and scope for misuse. It has been shared along with a photograph showing bodies of children lying on the ground.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45308\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/bodies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/bodies.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/bodies-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/bodies-300x298.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Several readers of Alt News have requested verification of this image and the accompanying claim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_20190904-134618_01-1024x999.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_20190904-134618_01-1024x999.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_20190904-134618_01-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_20190904-134618_01-768x750.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_20190904-134618_01-990x966.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Screenshot_20190904-134618_01.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>FALSE CLAIM; PHOTO OF SYRIAN CIVIL WAR<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There are two aspects of the claim- the audio message, and the photograph circulated along with it. Alt News had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/child-abduction-rumours-resurface-provocative-audio-clip-and-2015-image-from-pakistan-in-circulation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fact-checked<\/a> this message earlier, when it was shared with the same photograph with which it has been circulated now. There is no truth to this claim. It is a rumour which has been circulating online for at least the past two years i.e. since early 2017.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45314\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/bodies-705x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"705\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/bodies.png 705w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/bodies-207x300.png 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Insofar as the picture is concerned, Alt News had reverse-searched it on Google and found that it pertained to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/middleeast\/2013\/08\/201382163812810810.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chemical attack in Ghouta<\/a>, Syria in August 2013 during the Syrian civil war, in which suburbs of Damascus were targeted with rockets containing the chemical agent Sarin. Alt News found the same photo in a <a href=\"https:\/\/cbrainard.blogspot.com\/2013\/08\/assad-threatened-to-use-chemical.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blog from 2013<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45333\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/ghouta3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/ghouta3.png 664w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/ghouta3-300x79.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45334\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/ghouta4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/ghouta4.jpg 549w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/ghouta4-300x270.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/>The American fact-checking website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/image-child-organ-trafficking-victims-thailand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Snopes<\/em><\/a> had fact-checked this photo in 2016, when it was being shared with the false narrative of organ trafficking in Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, a rumour which has been circulating online since 2017, that bodies of children with missing organs were found inside a container by Tamil Nadu police, was clubbed with a photograph depicting the tragic aftermath of a chemical attack in 2013, during the Syrian civil war.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rumours of child abduction gangs on the prowl have been circulating aggressively on social media and messaging platforms over the past two months. 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