A security crisis unfolded in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province on Tuesday when separatist militants of Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) hijacked the Jaffar Express, a passenger train traveling from Quetta to Peshawar. Pakistan freed the remaining passengers from the train that was hijacked by separatist militants.
During the investigation, we found that the viral videos are unrelated to the recent hijacking.
Claim:
Video 1:
X user Rahul Arodhia shared a video claiming it was from a recent hijacking incident.
Other users too are sharing the same video.
Video 2:
X user Sumit Jaiswal shared a video with the claim that it was from Pakistan hijack.
Other users too are sharing it.
Video 3:
X user Sanju Singh shared the video on his profile.
Investigation:
Video 1:
We started the investigation with the first video, by uploading it to InVid tool and getting keyframes from the video. We ran a reverse image search on these keyframes.
We found the video posted on X profile of TRACTerrorism. The video was posted on July 8, 2024.
The caption said: Hafiz Gul #Bahadur (#HGB) of the #TehreekeTaliban Pakistan (#TTP) Ambushed a Security Forces Convoy in Spin Wam Area, North #Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, #Pakistan – 05 July 2024
This suggests that the video is from 2024 and not recent.
Video 2:
We ran a reverse image search on the keyframes obtained from this video.
This led us to a video posted by Instagram account of Front Line.
Posted two days ago, the caption of the video said: A fire broke out near Mir Chakar area in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Maymar on Monday. The cause of the blaze remains unknown.
We also found the video posted on YouTube channel of eTimes Pakistan.
The description said: On Monday, a fire broke out near the Mir Chakar area in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Maymar. The cause of the blaze is still unknown, and authorities are working to control the situation.
Video 3:
We did the same with this video, uploaded it to the InVid tool and ran a reverse image search on the keyframes obtained from the same.
This led us to a video posted by X user Anshul Saxena on July 19, 2024.
We also found a reel posted on Facebook of the same on 20 July, 2024.
The caption translated to, ‘Bannu shooting incident video’.
We also found the video uploaded on Instagram 33 weeks ago on July 20, 2024.
The caption stated: #StateAttackedBannuPeaceMarch #pleasesupport . #home Friends of PTM North Waziristan Razmak protested in the market. #StateAttackedBannuPeaceMarch
Conclusion: Unrelated, old videos from Pakistan are being shared as recent from the Pakistan train hijacking incident. The viral claims are misleading.
