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  • 2021-12-22 (xsd:date)
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  • This photo shows a bomb attack in Thailand in 2013, not in Myanmar in 2021 (en)
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  • An image has been shared dozens of times in multiple Facebook posts that claim it shows the Myanmar military attacked by a roadside mine in December 2021. However, the claim is false; the picture has appeared in 2013 reports about a bomb attack in southern Thailand, which killed eight Thai soldiers. The photo was published here on Facebook on December 16, 2021. It has been shared more than 40 times. Screenshot of the misleading post, taken on December 20, 2021 The Burmese caption reads in part: The BGF and the junta forces after being hit by roadside mines on Asia Highway. Please help them. BGF refers the Border Guard Forces of Myanmar . The image circulated online shortly after the Myanmar military and the Karen National Union rebel group clashed in Lay Kay Kaw , a Myanmar town near the Thai border, on December 15, 2021, AFP reported here . The same photo has been shared more than 50 times after it appeared here and here on Facebook, alongside a similar claim. However, the claim is false. A reverse image search on Google found this photo, which appeared in a news report published by Thai media outlet Isranews Agency on June 29, 2013. Screenshot of the Isranews report The Thai-language headline translates to English as: Military truck bombing – 8 soldiers dead. The Thai news report partly reads: Perpetrators detonated a bomb, killing soldiers from the 13th special military unit in Krongpinang district, as they were changing their shift and returning to their residence. The vehicle was destroyed in the blast. Eight soldiers died and two were injured. One civilian died from the blast. Krongpinang is a district in Yala province, southern Thailand. The photo was also published in a report about the same bomb attack by public broadcaster Thai PBS. A roadside bomb ripped through a military truck transporting Thai soldiers after a night on duty at a base in Krongpinang district, killing eight soldiers and wounded two others, AFP reported on June 29, 2013. AFP also published photos of the incident, which were taken from a different angle, as can be seen here and here . Below is a screenshot comparison between the picture in the misleading post (L) and one of the AFP photos (R), with matching features marked by AFP: Screenshot comparison between the picture in the misleading post (L) and the AFP photo (R) (en)
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