Tableeghi Jamaat was not attacked in Winder, Balochistan.
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By Areeba Fatima | 22nd March 2021 | 7:01 AM
Claim: Photograph shows Tableeghi Jamaat members who were attacked in Winder, Balochistan on 15 March 2021
Fact: Tableeghi Jamaat members were not attacked in Winder on 15 March. The photograph is of 11 coal miners killed in Machh in January.
On 15 March 2021, a Facebook page called Khubsoorat Teera shared a photograph which was shared over several social media accounts on Twitter and Facebook with the claim that this image is of the members of a Tableeghi Jamaat killed in an attack in March 2021.
The caption can be translated to “[translation] We condemn the attack on the tablighi jamaat. Last night the tablighi jamaat was attacked in Winder, Balochistan. First, they cut off the beards of all the friends and then some were severely injured and some killed with scissors and sticks. This is very upsetting. Had this happened to film stars, there would be demonstrations seen all across the country. Members of the tablighi jamaat please share this post forward so that it may reach Imran Khan.”
A reverse image search of the image reveals that it was initially shared in January 2021 by several local news websites, including but not limited to Geo News and Dialogue Pakistan to announce that the eleven coal miners earlier killed in Machh area of Balochistan are going to be buried.
On 3 January 2021, eleven coal miners from the Hazara community were killed by the Islamist militant organization ISIS in Machh, Balochistan. The community has been facing decades of consistent genocidal prosecution at the hand of religious extremists. However the image shared by Khubsoorat Teera
We established correspondence with the DPO Chief’s office of district Las Bela, under which the area of Winder falls. Officer Abdul Rasheed reported that no attack on the tablighi jamaat was brought to their notice on 15 March 2021.
AFP Fact Check also earlier fact-checked this photograph in this article.
Verdict: FALSE
Summary
A picture of the bodies of the eleven Hazara coal miners killed in January 2021 was shared by a Facebook page claiming that it is from an attack on Tablighi Jamaat in Winder, Balochistan.
We established correspondence with the DPO Chief’s office of district Las Bela, under which the area of Winder falls. Officer Abdul Rasheed reported that no attack on the tablighi jamaat was brought to their notice on 15 March 2021.
