Many social media users are sharing a video of a soldier demonstrating combat skills. The video is shared with a caption claiming that it is of the Indian army personnel demonstrating skills.
The text on the video reads: Indian army hinting that the video is showcasing an Indian Army personnel. A social media user shared the video with a caption: “Thought the group would like this.”
The link to the post can be seen here.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile did the fact-check, and found it to be fake.
On doing a Google Reverse Image Search with one of the keyframes, we found the same video uploaded by the YouTube channel Defense flash news, dated September 30, 2017. The title associated with the video reads: “K Force TV – South Korea Armed Forces Day Parade 2017 – Special Forces Extreme Taekwondo Demo!”
The full version of the same video was also uploaded by Arirang News on September 28, 2017.
The description associated with the video reads: “Live from Seoul, I’m Shin Se-min. It’s a little before 10AM on Thursday, 28th September, and we’re breaking away from our usual news line-up at around this time,.. to bring you live coverage of Korea’s 69th Armed Forces Day ceremony. The South Korea military will be putting some of its strategic weapons on display to show off its strong national defence power and deterrence capability,.. and,.. also in part to honour the men and women who’ve served the country in past and present. This year’s ceremony comes four-days prior to the annual anniversary,.. set on the first day of October,.. as that day falls in the middle of Korea’s 10-day Chuseok holiday. This year’s event is garnering extra attention as it comes at a critical point for inter-Korean relations,.. especially at a time when the security situation on the Korean Peninsula is particularly tense, with the US and North Korea exchanging aggressive words for weeks now. We will walk through some of the issues surrounding the Korean Peninsula during the event,.. so be sure to stay with us till the end. In a short while, we’ll go live to the headquarters of Navy’s Second Fleet in Pyeongtaek, (some 70 kms south of Seoul) where the event will be held. But before that, I want to bring in professor Kim Young-jun from Korea National Defence University,.. to help us better understand today’s event. “
Hence, we can ascertain that the viral claim is fake.
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