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      Video Game Clip Viral As Drone Attack On Iranian General Soleimani

      The video footage, from a mobile video game, is falsely being shared as the US drone strike on Soleimani.

      By - Mohammed Kudrati |
      Published -  7 Jan 2020 1:15 PM IST
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      Video Game Clip Viral As Drone Attack On Iranian General Soleimani

      A viral video clip, claiming to show the drone strike that killed Iranian General Qasim Soleimani, is false, as the video originates in footage from a mobile video game.

      The game is titled 'AC-130 Gunship Simulator: Special Ops Squadron' and the developer of game, Byte Conveyor Studio, released this footage on YouTube.

      Also Read: Medal Of Honor Game Footage Shared As Canadian Sniper's World Record

      The video shows aerial imagery of bullet rounds being fired on a convoy of vehicles, with cars exploding one after the other. The video shows thermal imagery, and the cars can be seen through their heat signatures. Later in the video, the heat signature also shows escapees fleeing the scene. All throughout the video, one can hear conversation over what seems to be a radio, giving a realistic picture of an aerial exercise.The video can be seen below.

      On January 3, Iranian General Soleimani, who was the head of the elite Quds Forces, was killed by an aerial attack under similar circumstances. At the order of United States (US) President Donald Trump, the US carried out an aerial strike on a motor convoy in which Solemani, and the leader of an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia were killed. While the US maintain that deployed US Reaper drones to carry out the strike, the Iranians said that the attack was carried out by an attack helicopter. Soleimani was considered to be the second-most powerful man in Iran, and the incident has stoked fresh tensions between Iran and the US.

      BOOM received the clip multiple times on our WhatsApp helpline (7700906111) with the caption "drone attack on Soleimani".



      On investigating further, BOOM found the video to be spreading on Twitter and on Facebook.


      #SoleimaniKilling
      Camera capturing American drone attack on #Soleimani .
      America & India only nations showcasing perfected surgical strikes on Terror States. pic.twitter.com/v62GU1FWrI

      — NIRUPAM (@NIRUPAMACHARJE1) January 6, 2020


      Footage of American drone attack on Soleimani 🇮🇷
      Sadness is they are not even leaving people running with fire to save their life..! #WorldWarlll #WorldWarThree #Soleimani #USAIranWar #Iranattack #Iranians pic.twitter.com/YlPXbHOABw

      — Umapathi (@rathod3167) January 6, 2020


      FactCheck

      BOOM broke the video into frame and performed reverse image searches using them. In one such hit, BOOM was directed to a video on YouTube called Byte Conveyor Studio, who uploaded the video as developmental footage of their game.The video is as of May 25, 2015, more than 4 years before the strike on Soleimani.The video intends on simulating the attack capabilities of an AC-130 gunship.

      The video can be see below, and is exactly similar to the video that is viral.

      Further, the video by the developer has a message in the top-right corner throughout, which states, "Development footage. This is work in progress. All content is subject to change."


      The same video previously was in the limelight due to a high-profile blunder by the Russian Ministry of Defence. In 2017, the Russians shared this video as evidence that the US were supporting the so-called Islamic State (also known as IS or ISIS). The Russian Ministry of Defence later took down the video.

      Russia posts video game screenshot as 'proof' of US helping IS https://t.co/JJzghtOugp

      — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 14, 2017

      BOOM has previously debunked video game footage going about with the claim that it is footage of US forces sniping IS terrorists.

      Also Read: Video Game Footage Falsely Shared As US Forces Sniping Islamic Terrorists


      Tags

      United StatesIranQasim SuleimaniRussiaTwitter#DonaldTrump
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      Claim :   Video shows US drone strike on Iranian General Soleimani
      Claimed By :  Social media users
      Fact Check :  False
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