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Pakistan says ‘hostile countries’ behind false online claims linking it to Australia shootings
Pakistan condemned the false linking of a Sydney man to Bondi Beach shooting and called out coordinated disinformation efforts, attributing rapid spread to hostile actors, including India.
- On Wednesday, Attaullah Tarar, Pakistan's information minister, said Pakistan was targeted by a coordinated disinformation campaign after the Bondi Beach mass shooting, which killed 15 people on Sunday.
- Amid longstanding Pakistan-India tensions, Tarar accused hostile countries, including India, of spreading false claims about one attacker, citing the Pakistan-India rivalry and past wars between nuclear-armed rivals.
- Social media platforms and some media outlets circulated false claims identifying Naveed Akram, while the Sydney-based man with that name denied involvement in a video.
- Pakistan asked for apologies and is weighing legal steps, noting Tarar called on media outlets to apologize and that Indian officials gave no immediate response.
- Subsequent findings established Indian police confirmed attacker Sajid Akram was from India, while investigators found Naveed Akram was born in Australia.
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Pakistan says ‘hostile countries’ behind false online claims linking it to Australia shootings
Pakistan has been wrongly blamed in an online campaign following the deadly shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach, the Information Minister has said.
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Pakistan Denies Claims Linking Bondi Beach Shooting Suspect to Country
Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Wednesday rejected what he described as a coordinated disinformation campaign falsely linking one of the suspects in the Bondi Beach shooting in Australia to Pakistan, saying the claims were spread by “hostile countries” and amplified by unverified media reports.
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