In a picture circulating on Pakistani social media, a baby’s milk bottle is seen stained with blood. Online users claim it depicts violence against children in Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Over the past week, sectarian violence has escalated in the Kurram region, bordering Afghanistan, in which 88 people have been killed.
However, the picture in question is not by Karam.
Claim
A YouTube channel shared a picture of a blood-stained milk bottle, which it alleged was taken during an attack in Kurram on November 21 where gunmen opened fire on two convoys.
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The reality
While 42 people, including women and children, were killed in the November 21 attack in Karam, the image being shared is not from Pakistan. It probably originated from Gaza.
A reverse image search revealed that the photo was first posted online by an Instagram user on May 30 with the caption “A lost childhood, amidst rubble and blood”.
The montage also included other images such as children’s pushcarts, shoes, and milk bottles, all covered in blood. The user also tagged the photos with the hashtag #Palestine.
The original montage can be viewed. Here.
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