Fact Check: Sri Lankan flag was not displayed on Burj Khalifa after winning Asia Cup, wrong claim goes viral
The claim of displaying the Sri Lankan flag on the Burj Khalifa after Sri Lanka’s victory in the Asia Cup is misleading. The viral picture is from the year 2019. In the year 2019, there were six bomb blasts in Sri Lanka. After which the Sri Lankan flag was lit up on the Burj Khalifa to pay tribute.
- By: Pragya Shukla
- Published: Sep 16, 2022 at 04:55 PM
New Delhi (Vishvas News): A picture of the Sri Lankan flag displayed on the Burj Khalifa is being widely shared on social media. It is being claimed Burj Khalifa was lit up with the Sri Lankan flag after its cricket team won the Asia Cup.
Vishvas News in its investigation found that the claim to be misleading, viral picture is from the year 2019. In the year 2019, there were six bomb blasts in Sri Lanka. After that the Sri Lankan flag was displayed on the Burj Khalifa to pay tributes.
Claim :
Facebook user Chamara Prasad Lk shared the viral picture and wrote, “Burj Khalifa after Sri Lanka’s victory in the Asia Cup.”
The archive link of the post can be found here.
Investigation:
We searched the photo through Google reverse image. We found the exact photo uploaded on the official Twitter account of Burj Khalifa. The picture was shared on 25 April 2019. According to the caption, the Sri lankan flag was lit up to support Sri Lanka and it was written that this world is made of tolerance and each other’s presence.
Taking the investigation further, we started searching with several keywords. We found a report related to the claim on The Hindu’s website. It was published on 26 April 2019. According to the report,Nine suicide bombers, believed to be the members of a local Islamist extremist group National Tawheed Jamath (NTJ), carried out a series of devastating blasts that tore through three churches, two of them Catholic, and three luxury hotels packed with Easter worshippers on Sunday, killing at 253 people and wounding more than 500 others.
In the year 2019, terrorists in Sri Lanka carried out six bomb blasts attacking three Sri Lankan churches and three hotels. After which the Sri Lankan flag was lit up on the Burj Khalifa to pay tribute to those who were killed in the blast.
We also found this photo on the Getty Images website. According to the website, the photo is from the year 2019.
Continuing the search, we started searching whether the Sri Lankan flag was displayed on the Burj Khalifa after the Sri Lankan victory in Asia Cup. We were not able to find any credible media reports during this period. We also from the official Twitter account of Burj Khalifa. We didn’t get any information there either.
For further details, we contacted Viplav, Sports Head, Dainik Jagran Digital. He told us that the viral claim is false. This picture is not of Sri Lanka after winning the match.
At the end of the investigation, Vishvas News did a social scanning of the fake post user Chamara Prasad Lk. According to the information given on the profile, the user is a resident of Sri Lanka.
Conclusion: The claim of displaying the Sri Lankan flag on the Burj Khalifa after Sri Lanka’s victory in the Asia Cup is misleading. The viral picture is from the year 2019. In the year 2019, there were six bomb blasts in Sri Lanka. After which the Sri Lankan flag was lit up on the Burj Khalifa to pay tribute.
- Claim Review : Burj Khalifa after Sri Lanka's victory in the Asia Cup
- Claimed By : Chamara Prasad Lk
- Fact Check : Misleading
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