Narrative on Social Media
A Facebook post in Malayalam with a caption that reads “Hindu terror attack on an Eidgah in Bihar. The attack with bows and arrows injured a lot of people,” is being shared since June 6 2019. The post also contains an image of a group of Muslim youth carrying a youth injured with an arrow. The post has been published from a Facebook profile named Sharafudeen Abu and it by far it has received over 500 shares. The publisher has provided no source of information in the post. The only piece of evidence is the image provided in the post. Is the claim that Hindu terrorists attacked Muslims in Eidgah and left many injured true? Or this is just a mischievous post trying to give a communal angle to a completely different incident? Let’s find out the truth behind this incident.
Our Fact Check
We searched on Google using keywords such as Muslims attacked in Bihar. We got a lot of news articles as well as fact checks done on the issue by various prominent media websites. Media websites like Hindustan Times, News Click and the Lallantop have covered this issue and published their reports. Whereas fact checking initiative of the Quint, Webqoof has published a fact report of a viral post on social media with a false narrative. Another fact checking website Altnews have also published a fact check on a similar post on social media.
After examining the reports published by these media websites and fact checking websites we have found the following facts:
8. Altnews reports that Police evicted the tribals from the tea estate. The tribals were misguided by some people who told them that the land belongs to Bihar government. The landless tribals were instigated to capture the land.
References:
The Lallantop | Archived Link |
Altnews | Archived Link |
the Quint | Archived Link |
Conclusion
The claim that ‘Muslims were attacked by Hindu terrorists in an Eidgah in Bihar’ is false. The incident took place in Bihar’s Kishanganj between tribals and Muslims who had come to offer prayers at the Eidgah on the occasion of Eid.
Title:Fact Check: Did Hindu Terrorists attack Muslims with bow and arrows in Bihar’s Kishanganj…?
Fact Check By: Harish NairResult: False
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