Video of a group of soldiers dancing is being shared with the claim that Indian soldiers broke out in celebrations after entering 4 km into LAC on the India-China border.
Several Facebook pages and users shared the same video with the same claim.
TRUE
The video has nothing to do with the last skirmish between India and China at Pangong Tso Lake on the night of August 29-30, 2020. It was filmed before this military confrontation.
VERIFICATION AND METHODOLOGY
Looking closely at the video, we observed a painting where we could see a Tibetan flag.
Following the example of this, we used ‘Tibetan army dance video’ as keywords in Google search and found a video uploaded to the Facebook page ‘Tibet Channel’ on August 27, 2020. The video had the same images than the one shared above.
According to a Times Now report, the latest skirmish between Indian and Chinese forces occurred on the night of August 29-30, 2020, two days after this video was already online.
“The Chinese side violated this understanding and engaged in provocative military maneuvers on the night of August 29-30 in an attempt to change the status quo in the South Bank area of Pangong Lake,” a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Relations of India. .
“The Indian side was able to prevent these attempts to unilaterally alter the status quo,” he mentioned.
VERDICT
Times Fact Check discovered that an old video is falsely posing as Indian soldiers celebrating after recapturing 4 km of territory within the Chinese side of LAC.
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