Old video from Bangladesh shared as visuals of Muslims blocking an army ambulance in West Bengal - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
July 20, 2023
A video is being shared on social media claiming that the video shows Muslims blocking an army vehicle that is taking an injured army soldier to a hospital in West Bengal. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of Muslims attacking an army vehicle which is taking an injured soldier to a hospital in West Bengal.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows old visuals of Muslims attacking an army ambulance in Bangladesh. The video shared in the post is old and from Bangladesh, not from the West Bengal state in India. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On observing the video carefully, we noticed that the logos with crossed swords seen on the army vehicle and on the uniforms worn by soldiers represent the official army logo of the Bangladesh army.
When we searched for further sources of the video using relevant keywords on the internet, a video with similar visuals was found published by a YouTube channel ‘The Bangladesh Defence Analyst’ on 29 March 2021. This YouTube channel published the video with the title, “Islamic extremists in Bangladesh fail to stop Bangladesh Army ambulance.” A few other Facebook users have also shared the video mentioning that the incident had taken place on Hathazari Road in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Another video showing the riots that took place on Hathazari Road in March 2021 can be seen here. From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post is old and from Bangladesh, not from West Bengal state in India.
To sum it up, an old video from Bangladesh is shared as the visuals of Muslims blocking an army ambulance in West Bengal.