A graphic video of an individual being run over by a truck was filmed in Indonesia, opposite to posts claiming it confirmed the motive force resisting an extortion try in Bangladesh. In line with Indonesian information reviews from July 2021, {the teenager} had been trying a harmful TikTok problem and died from his accidents.
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“I salute this patriotic and courageous driver for killing even one extortionist. I attraction to all of the drivers of the nation to raze the extortionists on this means.” reads a part of the Bengali-language caption of a graphic Fb video posted on July 4, 2025.
Considered greater than 740,000 instances, the video seems to indicate an individual standing in the course of the street trying to cease an oncoming truck with their palms. The truck, nevertheless, doesn’t cease and runs over the person.
Screenshot of the false Fb put up captured on July 17, 2025, with a crimson X added by AFP
The identical clip was additionally shared in comparable Fb posts in Bangladesh, the place — in response to a activity pressure shaped by the interim authorities — extortion is deeply entrenched (archived hyperlink).
There have been nationwide protests on July 11 following the homicide of an area scrap dealer, reportedly as a result of he refused to pay extortion cash (archived hyperlink).
The Bangladesh Nationalist Get together, seen because the election frontrunner in polls scheduled for April 2026, has additionally began taking steps to weed out members allegedly concerned in crimes starting from extortion to rape and homicide (archived right here and right here).
The video circulating on-line, nevertheless, was not filmed in Bangladesh.
A reverse picture search on Google utilizing keyframes from the falsely shared video led to an Indonesian-language information report that included a nonetheless from the clip (archived hyperlink).
The report by native media organisation Warta Kota, revealed on July 13, 2021, mentioned the incident concerned an adolescent who sustained severe accidents and it occurred on RE Martadinata Avenue, within the North Cikarang district of Bekasi Regency (archived hyperlink).
Screenshot comparability of the falsely shared clip (left) and the picture used within the Warta Kota report (proper)
A subsequent report by the Pos Kota newspaper on July 14, which additionally contained a screenshot from the video, mentioned {the teenager} succumbed to his accidents (archived hyperlink).
In line with information outlet Tempo, the group of teenagers had been doing a TikTok problem dubbed “the grim reaper prank” (archived hyperlink). The report mentioned the group had earlier filmed a number of comparable movies earlier than the lethal incident.
Parts seen within the falsely shared video, together with lamp posts and roadside plant pots, additionally correspond to Google Avenue View imagery of RE Martadinata Avenue (archived hyperlink).
Screenshot comparability of the falsely shared video (left) and Google Avenue View imagery of RE Martadinata Avenue (proper), with corresponding options highlighted by AFP
AFP has debunked different posts that falsely offered clips as having been filmed in Bangladesh right here and right here.
