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      Was A Pilgrim Shot Dead In Mecca's Grand Mosque? A Fact Check

      The man in the video was arrested after he wielded a knife and shouted support for "terrorist" groups, police told state media.

      By - AFP |
      Published -  18 April 2021 7:35 PM IST
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      Was A Pilgrim Shot Dead In Meccas Grand Mosque? A Fact Check

      A video has circulated online in Pakistan in 2021 alongside a claim it shows police at Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest site, shooting dead a Saudi dissident. The claim is false: the man was arrested after he wielded a knife and shouted support for "terrorist" groups, police told state media.

      The video was shared in this Facebook post viewed more than 600,000 times since April 5, 2021.

      The post's Urdu-language caption translates to English as: "Why raised anti-government slogans? A pilgrim was shot dead with six bullets in the House of Allah."

      The video shows a man dressed in a long white tunic -- known as a thawb -- walking among worshippers. He can be heard chanting in Arabic and appears to praise the Islamic State group.

      "My lord, you are my help and my God, there is no god but you, in your light we fight, in your light we live, and for your sake we die," he says.

      "Glory for the Islam, Allahu Akbar (God is the Greatest)…God glorify the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (Syria), and in Yemen and everywhere".


      A screenshot taken on April 13, 2021, of the misleading Facebook post

      The same video along with a similar claim was posted here, here and here on Facebook.

      The claim is false.

      A reverse image search of the video's keyframes on Google found the clip has circulated in reports about a man who was detained for wielding a knife.

      The state-run Saudi Press Agency quoted police in an April 1 report about the incident on March 30, 2021.

      It says the man was arrested at the Grand Mosque -- not shot dead as claimed in the misleading posts.

      "Media spokesman of Makkah region police stated that the Grand Mosque Security Force spotted a man carrying a knife and chanting slogans in support of terrorist groups and organisations at the Grand Mosque's first floor following Asr [afternoon] prayer on Tuesday, March 30, 2021," the report said

      "He was immediately arrested and legal procedures have been taken against him".

      The man's arrest at Mecca's Grand Mosque was also reported by Saudi Arabian newspaper Arab News here and British online newspaper The Independent here.

      The same video was also shared in a report by Egypt-based Huda TV on its official Facebook page here.

      The post's caption reads: "Makkah Police: The Security Forces of the Haram arrested a person carrying a weapon and chanting phrases in support of terrorist groups last Tuesday."

      Below is a screenshot comparison of a video frame in the misleading Facebook post (L) and the Huda TV post (R ):


      A screenshot comparison of a video frame in the misleading Facebook post (L) and the Huda TV post (R )

      (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by BOOM staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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      Claim :   A pilgrim was shot dead in Mecca's Grand Mosque.
      Claimed By :  Posts on Facebook
      Fact Check :  False
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