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  • 2021-11-07 (xsd:date)
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  • This video shows a fire at a Rohingya camp in Bangladesh in March 2021 (en)
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  • A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Facebook in posts that claim it shows attacks on Muslims in the Indian state of Tripura. But the video has been shared in a false context: it has circulated online previously in reports about a massive fire in a Rohingya camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The video clip was shared here on Facebook on November 1, 2021. The post's Bangla-language caption translates to English as: Oh Allah, protect the Muslims of Tripura and prepare a Khalid Bin Walid for them. Khalid Bin Walid was a prominent Arab Muslim military commander in the service of the Prophet Mohammed. Another Facebook post shared the clip with a caption that reads in part: These are homes and places of prayer of Muslims that are being burned in Tripura. Mosques and properties owned by Muslims were attacked as violence erupted in the north-eastern Indian state of Tripura in October 2021 -- in apparent revenge for violence against Hindus in neighbouring Bangladesh. The footage was also shared alongside a similar claim here , here and here in posts that were viewed tens of thousands of times. However, the video has been shared in a false context. Rohingya camp fire A combination of keyword and reverse image searches found the video originally circulated in reports about a fire that destroyed a Rohingya refugee camp in south-eastern Bangladesh in March 2021. AFP reported here on March 22, 2021 that a deadly fire ripped through the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar. Earlier versions of the video were shared here and here in March this year by Facebook accounts based in Bangladesh. The caption of the first post reads: Someone set fire to the houses of Rohingyas and burnt them to ashes. The other post’s caption includes the date: 22-03-2021. Below is a screenshot comparison of the video in the misleading Facebook post (L) and the video posted on March 26 by a Bangladesh-based Facebook account (R): Similar clips were uploaded here and here on the YouTube channels of two Bangladeshi broadcasters. The reports are about a fire in the Rohingya camp. Mohammad Imdadul Hoque, station officer at Ukhia Fire Service Station, told AFP on October 19: It was an accident and the fire originated from a cooking stove of a house in the camp and then spread rapidly due to the presence of more gas cylinders. The landscape seen in the video of the misleading posts corresponds with AFP photos here and here of the aftermath of the fire at the refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar. AFP Thailand debunked posts that shared the same video alongside a different claim in October 2021. (en)
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