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The claim

"The video currently being circulated under the name‚ missile attack on Minab elementary school' pertains to an attack in Peshawar, Pakistan, and has no connection to Minab," says the translation of a viral post on X. The post includes a video showing crowds gathered in front of a destroyed building.

Original publisher’s rating

False

Reviewed by Deutsche Welle ↗ ·

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Original review summary

The review says the circulating footage is authentic and does not depict an attack in Peshawar. It reports that a girls’ school in Minab was hit on February 28 during US and Israeli missile strikes on Iran.[S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] Deutsche Welle original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026

Original review: Deutsche Welle. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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