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War & conflict fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about war & conflict. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

5,848 published reviews in this topic

FACTLYWar & conflict

Funeral procession of victims killed in the Sri Lankan Easter bombings (2019)

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim was that a Facebook image showed a funeral procession for people killed in the 2019 Sri Lankan Easter bombings. The original review instead identifies the pictured procession as one connected to an earlier bombing in Sri Lanka. It reports that the coffins were carried in 2006 for victims of an attack at Kebitogollewa, not for victims of the 2019 bombings. [S1]

FACTLYWar & conflict

Abhinandan said, ‘Pulwama attack has been planned by the BJP government. Imran Khan is helping Modi to win elections by allowing fake bombings at Balakot’.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim reviewed was that Wing Commander Abhinandan said the BJP government had planned the Pulwama attack and that Imran Khan was helping Narendra Modi win elections by permitting fake bombings at Balakot. FACTLY reports that the allegation appeared in a Facebook post and that the post’s archived version was available to the investigators.