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peshawar blast news

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Claim: A Facebook video claims that it shows footage of a blast in the Police Lines neighbourhood of Pakistan’s northwestern province of Peshawar in January 2023. Fact: The claim is false. The video was posted online as early as October 2021. On 30 January 2023, a powerful blast ripped through a mosque in Peshawar’s Police […]

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Claim: A picture shows rescue authorities, and others, in the aftermath of a blast on 30 January 2023 in the Police Lines neighbourhood of Peshawar, Pakistan. Yellow police tape is visible in the background of the scene of the bombing that left more than 30 dead. Fact: The image is, in fact, from another bombing […]

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