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The channel said that, in the clip, one can hear a blizzard of gunshots piercing through the dead and SSP Meerut Ajay Sahani has stated that the video will be investigated &#8211; <em>&#8220;\u092e\u0947\u0930\u0920- \u0932\u093e\u0907\u0935 \u092e\u0930\u094d\u0921\u0930 \u0915\u093e \u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u0935\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0932 \u0924\u093e\u092c\u0921\u093c\u0924\u094b\u0921\u093c \u0917\u094b\u0932\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u0917\u0942\u0902\u091c \u0938\u0947 \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0920 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092e\u091a\u0940 \u0939\u0948 \u0938\u0928\u0938\u0928\u0940 .. .. !\u092e\u0943\u0924\u0915 \u0915\u094b \u090f\u0915 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u090f\u0915 \u0917\u094b\u0932\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 \u0938\u0947 \u091b\u0932\u0928\u0940 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0917\u092f\u093e .. .. !\u0938\u094b\u0936\u0932 \u092e\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u093e \u092a\u0930 \u091c\u092e\u0915\u0930 \u0935\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0932 \u0939\u0941\u0906 \u0939\u0948 \u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b .. .. !\u090f\u0938\u090f\u0938\u092a\u0940 \u0905\u091c\u092f \u0938\u093e\u0939\u0928\u0940 \u0928\u0947 \u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u0915\u0940 \u091c\u093e\u0902\u091a \u0915\u0930\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u092c\u093e\u0924 \u0915\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948 .&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49568\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-25-17_43_31-Slack-_-story-ideas-_-Alt-News.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"386\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-25-17_43_31-Slack-_-story-ideas-_-Alt-News.png 386w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-25-17_43_31-Slack-_-story-ideas-_-Alt-News-249x300.png 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A few users on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/posts\/?q=%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A0%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B5%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B0&amp;epa=FILTERS&amp;filters=eyJycF9jcmVhdGlvbl90aW1lIjoie1wibmFtZVwiOlwiY3JlYXRpb25fdGltZVwiLFwiYXJnc1wiOlwie1xcXCJzdGFydF95ZWFyXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOVxcXCIsXFxcInN0YXJ0X21vbnRoXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOS0xXFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX3llYXJcXFwiOlxcXCIyMDE5XFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX21vbnRoXFxcIjpcXFwiMjAxOS0xMlxcXCIsXFxcInN0YXJ0X2RheVxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMTktMS0xXFxcIixcXFwiZW5kX2RheVxcXCI6XFxcIjIwMTktMTItMzFcXFwifVwifSJ9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A0%20%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B5%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B0&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> shared the same message as\u00a0<em>News18\u00a0<\/em>while posting a gory video of armed men firing multiple gunshots at a person lying supine on the ground.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50133\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-01-at-4.49.26-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-01-at-4.49.26-PM.png 476w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-01-at-4.49.26-PM-241x300.png 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On October 24, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/meerut\/cleared-by-wup\/articleshow\/71728912.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Times of India<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>reported that Meerut police has lodged an FIR against those who had uploaded an 18-month-old clip supposedly shot in Kenya. According to the report, an FIR has been registered under IPC sections 505 [2]\u00a0 for publication or circulation of rumour and relevant sections of the Information Technology Act. The report further stated, <em>&#8220;no action has been taken against the channel so far&#8221;.<\/em><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49572\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-25-18_37_31-Meerut_-Portals-upload-fake-video-of-brutal-murder-case-filed-_-Meerut-News-T.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"527\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-25-18_37_31-Meerut_-Portals-upload-fake-video-of-brutal-murder-case-filed-_-Meerut-News-T.png 527w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-25-18_37_31-Meerut_-Portals-upload-fake-video-of-brutal-murder-case-filed-_-Meerut-News-T-300x62.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/>Meerut police had <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meerutpolice\/status\/1186654898412085252?s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> that the video is not from the district.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0909\u092a\u0930\u094b\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u0930\u0923 \u091c\u0928\u092a\u0926 \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0920 \u0938\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u094d\u092c\u0928\u094d\u0927\u093f\u0924 \u0928\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948, \u0915\u0943\u092a\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093f\u0938 \u091c\u0928\u092a\u0926 \u0938\u0947 \u0938\u092e\u094d\u092c\u0928\u094d\u0927\u093f\u0924 \u0939\u0948 \u0905\u0935\u0917\u0924 \u0915\u0930\u093e\u092f\u0947\u0902\u0964<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MEERUT POLICE (@meerutpolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meerutpolice\/status\/1186654898412085252?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Fact-check<\/h2>\n<p>With the help of Invid, Alt News broke the video into multiple frames and found that the video has existed on the internet at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tjS7WbyCzYA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">least<\/a> since November 2015.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tjS7WbyCzYA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tjS7WbyCzYA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The video shared on social media is 26 seconds long, whereas the clip posted above is an extended version of 57 seconds. French television station <a href=\"https:\/\/observers.france24.com\/en\/20170303-these-gory-violent-videos-don-show-xenophobic-attacks-south-africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>France 24<\/em><\/a> had debunked this video in March 2017 when it was viral with the claim that it depicted xenophobic attacks in South Africa. <em>&#8220;It was published in November 2015 on YouTube (and has since been taken down). In the video some words of Portuguese can be heard and it has appeared on several user accounts based in Brazil, suggesting that it is another video of score-settling, but this time in a favela in Rio.&#8221;,\u00a0<\/em>reported <em>France 24<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Mexican news <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-consulta.com\/nota\/2015-11-26\/mundo\/sangre-fria-sicarios-ejecutan-de-40-tiros-un-hombre-en-una-favela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">website<\/a> <em>Peri\u00f3dico e-consulta<\/em> published an article on November 26, 2015, which also stated that the video is from Brazil. While Alt News could not independently verify the location, it is certain that the video is not from India.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49575\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-25-19_02_45-In-cold-blood-hitmen-execute-40-shots-at-a-man-in-a-slum-_-e-consulta.com-2019.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"879\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-25-19_02_45-In-cold-blood-hitmen-execute-40-shots-at-a-man-in-a-slum-_-e-consulta.com-2019.png 879w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-25-19_02_45-In-cold-blood-hitmen-execute-40-shots-at-a-man-in-a-slum-_-e-consulta.com-2019-300x99.png 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/10\/2019-10-25-19_02_45-In-cold-blood-hitmen-execute-40-shots-at-a-man-in-a-slum-_-e-consulta.com-2019-768x253.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 879px) 100vw, 879px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, a video supposedly from Brazil, as per foreign media, was shared with the false narrative that it depicted a gruesome murder in Meerut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 22, News18 Uttar Pradesh tweeted about a video supposedly viral on social media. The channel said that, in the clip, one can hear a blizzard of gunshots piercing through the dead and SSP Meerut Ajay Sahani has stated that the video will be investigated &#8211; &#8220;\u092e\u0947\u0930\u0920- \u0932\u093e\u0907\u0935 \u092e\u0930\u094d\u0921\u0930 \u0915\u093e \u0935\u0940\u0921\u093f\u092f\u094b \u0935\u093e\u092f\u0930\u0932 \u0924\u093e\u092c\u0921\u093c\u0924\u094b\u0921\u093c \u0917\u094b\u0932\u093f\u092f\u094b\u0902 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":49590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[152],"class_list":["post-49563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>News18 joins social media in sharing false news: Old video claimed as &#039;live murder&#039; in Meerut - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"News18 joins social media in sharing false news: Old video claimed as &#039;live murder&#039; in Meerut - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On October 22, News18 Uttar Pradesh tweeted about a video supposedly viral on social media. 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