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By Hazel Gandhi A video showing pilgrims dressed in orange and green clothes at Mecca's Kaaba is viral online with the false claim that they are Hindus and are celebrating the recent inauguration of the Ram temple at the Muslim holy site. BOOM found that the claims are false, the video shows an Indonesian pilgrimage and is unrelated to the Ram temple inauguration. The Ram temple was inaugurated on January 22, 2024 and the ceremony revered by Hindus in India as well as overseas. Videos of temples across the United States celebrating the event as well as a road show in Maryland went viral online...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old video showing three people being swept away by a tidal wave is viral online with the false claim that the video is from Japan's recent earthquake. BOOM found that the claims are false and the video shows a tidal bore that occurred in Indonesia in December 2021. A 7.6-magnitude earthquake occurred in Japan's Ishikawa prefecture on January 1, followed by a tsunami on Japan's western coast. Rescue operations have begun and the death toll of the earthquake has reached 48. Countries including Russia and South Korea have issued tsunami warnings as well. The viral video shows a...
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By Srijit Das A video showing a traditional meditation ritual from Indonesia is circulating on social media, falsely claiming that the footage shows deceased Palestinians who became victims of the ongoing Israel Hamas conflict. The brief 11-second video shows several individuals lying on the ground, shrouded in white cloth bearing mystical symbols. The video also shows onlookers capturing the scene with their cameras. BOOM found that the video is originally a traditional Balinese tantric meditation practice that was held in Indonesia in October, last year. Over 9,000 Palestinians lost their li...
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By Anmol Alphonso A dramatic video showing landslide debris fall on five people standing below a waterfall in East Java, Indonesia is going viral on social media and has been misreported by Indian news outlets claiming that the incident is recent from Chamoli, Uttrakhand. Uttrakhand has been reeling from heavy flash floods affecting several hundred people with a landslide being reported to have hit Jakhna village and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team conducitng its rescue operation in the area. In the eight seconds video, a group of people are seen standing below the waterfall and ...
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By Srijit Das An old video of a man in Indonesia demonstrating about sharp objects and training people to immunise them from weapons when attacked is circulating with a false claim that it shows an incident from an Indian madrassa where students are being trained to kill people. BOOM found that the video is old and not from India. The video was shot in Mabes Al-hasby Pusat in Jember city of East Java province, Indonesia where a person used mysticism to train a group and immunise them from sharp objects. The viral video shows a man walking in between rows of men seating on the floor and demonst...
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By Srijit Das An old visual of satellite imagery has been widely shared on social media platforms misleadingly claiming that it shows recent damage happened in Indonesia after the country faced a strong earthquake in its West Java province. BOOM found the video to be from 2018 and shows soil liquefaction in Indonesia's Palu city following an earthquake in the country's Central Sulawesi province. Indonesia is now struggling to get back to its normal routine after a powerful earthquake shook the Southeast Asian country. The incident took place on November 21, 2022, in its West Java province leav...
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By Hazel Gandhi An old video from Bali, Indonesia showing Muslim devotees continue with their prayers despite a strong earthquake, is going viral online and being shared as a recent incident. BOOM found that the original video is from 2018 and shows an Imam praying in a mosque during an earthquake in Bali. The viral video, which is slightly over a minute, shows an imam leading a group of Muslims in prayer when suddenly the group begins to feel earthquake tremors. Despite the tremors, the imam continues praying while placing his hand on the wall for support. An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struc...
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By BOOM Team Rescue workers continued their search for people trapped under the rubble caused by an earthquake that hit West Java, Indonesia on Monday, killing over 100 people. Reports suggest that many still remain trapped under the debris of collapsed houses in Cianjur town and officials have said that the death toll and the number of those injured are likely to increase. On Tuesday Indonesian president Joko Widodotook to Twitter and said he visited the area to ensure everyone received adequate treatment. A rough translation of the tweet reads, "This afternoon too, I went to Cianjur region t...
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By Sk Badiruddin A simulation video of an underwater volcanic explosion has gone viral on social media with a false claim that it shows glimpses of the recent volcanic eruption that occurred in Sumatra, Indonesia. BOOM found that the video shows the impact of underwater volcanic eruptions and its destructive nature through computer generated simulation made by geologists in 2017. The same video was viral in January this year as the Tonga volcanic eruptions and in 2019 as an eruption in North Sumatra, Indonesia. West Java's Cianjur town was hit by a powerful earthquake on November 21, killing m...
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