Old video shared as recent visuals from attack on pakistan’s mianwali airbase
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A video showing a Pakistani aircraft set on fire has gone viral as visuals of the recent terrorist attack on Mianwali Training Air Base of the Pakistan Air Force, on Saturday, 4 November.
WHAT IS THE CLAIM: People linked the video with the terrorist attack on Saturday, said, "Pak Airforce fighter jets up in flames. Attack still ongoing.". The claim was first shared
by a verified X (formerly Twitter) account called @Frontalforce with a misleading claim. The post was viewed 46,000 times in an hour. More such posts can be found here. The video was shared
by another X subscriber, MeghUpdates, who has been called out multiple times for _spreading disinformation_. This post had been viewed over 1,00,000 times. WHAT IS THE TRUTH: The video is
from May of this year and shows protestors vandalising and setting on a fire a dummy aircraft outside the Mianwali airbase. These were part of the violent protests held on 9 May by
supporters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.