Hyderabad: Social media users are claiming that many people were killed when Pakistanis detonated bombs instead of crackers to celebrate victory against India in T20 world cup. "Many people were killed when Pakistanis detonated bombs instead of firecrackers after beating India by 10 wickets in the T20 world cup," reads the English translation of the message. NewsMeter performed a reverse search and found that the same picture was carried by multiple media organizations after a bomb blast in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's Balochistan province, in 2013. The report said that the United Baloch Army, a banned militant group fighting for separation of Balochistan, had claimed responsibility for the blast. Indian media houses had also carried the viral image in 2013.https://www.livemint.com/ Multimedia/ bGXXMPijjZ5mSm25TAJEHI/Tragic- bombings-in-Pakistan-kill-115- people-6.htmlHence, it is evident that the viral image is from the 2013 bomb blast in Pakistan.

Source: Mint October 30, 2021 16:37 UTC