Fact Check: Explosion at Pakistan’s army headquarters? No, find the truth here
A video of an explosion has been circulating on social media with the claim of a blast at Pakistan’s army headquarters.
By Md Mahfooz Alam
Claim:The video shows a blast at Pakistan’s army headquarters, resulting in the deaths of 20 soldiers.
Fact:The claim is false. The video shows a fuel tanker explosion in Damascus, Syria.
A video depicting a massive fire, along with smoke billowing from a busy road and obscuring the sky, has been circulating on social media, claiming that there was an explosion at Pakistan’s army headquarters, resulting in the deaths of 20 soldiers.
An X user shared the video and wrote, “Massive blast at Pakistani army headquarters in Pakistan, 20 Pakistani soldiers burned to ashes.” (Archive)
Fact Check
NewsMeter found the claim to be false, as the video is from Damascus, Syria. Additionally, no credible reports were found regarding an explosion at Pakistan’s army headquarters.
A reverse image search of the video’s keyframes found that Al Jazeera Syria posted it on Facebook on March 18. The post stated that the video shows the explosion of a fuel tank near Masraba Bridge in the city of Douma, located in the countryside of Damascus, Syria.
Sky News Arabia also published the video on March 18, stating that it depicts a fuel tanker explosion in Douma, Damascus.
