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A video, which is being widely circulated on WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter, shows how a fighter jet destroyed the camp.
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India Today Fact Check
The video is actually part of a video game.
The pre-dawn airstrike carried out by the Indian Air Force (IAF) on a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Pakistan's Balakot on Tuesday sent social media into a tizzy.
A video, which is being widely circulated on WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter, shows how a fighter jet destroyed the camp.
A Facebook user posted the video with the claim: "Ghus kar yun mara jabazon ne".
India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that the video being used in these posts is actually part of a video game called 'ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead'.
Among others, a Facebook page by the name 'Yogi Adityanath Fans' posted the video which has been shared more than 15,000 times and viewed by nearly 8 lakh people as of the last update.
The archived version of the post can be seen here.
The video has also surfaced on various other social media platforms such as YouTube. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMUKV6gCRGg ) This video has been viewed more than 25,000 times.
However, when we reverse-searched this video, it emerged that this was actually part of a video game.
The viral video clip appears at 12 seconds of the video game that can be watched here.
Using thermal imaging and night vision, video game 'ARMA 2' gives a feel of a real-time battlefield set in Afghanistan.
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