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FACT CHECK: Car Explosion Is From Russia, Not India

video shared on facebook It is claimed that an electric car explosion occurred in India.

Verdict: False

The car explosion took place on Russian territory, not in India.

Fact check:

Social media users are sharing a video of a car explosion, saying it shows an electric car being blown up in India. “An electric car exploded in Thar Pradesh,” one user wrote. (Related: No, Trump isn’t the first president to ‘avoid Inauguration Day’)

This claim is false. Check Your Fact conducted a reverse image search and found that the video was from Sevastopol, which has been occupied by Russia since 2014. The video shows a Russian naval officer being killed by a car bomb in November 2024, the paper said. daily mail.

“The moment when Russian naval officer Valery Trankovsky was assassinated by a car bomb in Crimea. Ukraine claimed that the chief of staff of the 41st missile brigade of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy ordered the attack on civilian targets” video description In some parts.

Reuters reported Two suspects have been arrested by Russia for their involvement in the bombing. One of the suspects, a 47-year-old man, is believed to have planted the bomb. The other person is a 37-year-old woman who was monitoring Trankowski.

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