Fact check: Go to Indian communities, go there and kill Indians and burn their houses

News Claim: A video viral on social media claiming that an African leader saying, “Go to Indian communities, go there and kill Indians and burn their houses”, is not true.
Viral message on WhatsApp today & other Social Media: "Go to Indian communities, go there and kill Indians and burn their houses"

This is just one of the several examples of the current situation of Indians in South Africa.

But again will the international media talk about this? No!   4/4

"Go to Indian communities, go there and kill Indians and burn their houses"

This is one example of what is going on against Hindus in South Africa. Why is international media silent?

Above screenshots/attachment, the text is viral on Whatsapp, Twitter, Facebook and other social media.

News Verification: The above viral news is widely talked about on social media is not true, the video is clipped from a long video to set a wrong narrative. The South African leader did not urge violence against any community.

The man in a leader is a South African political leader Mayor Councillor Mxolisi Kaunda, he is asking the community leaders in his area, to stop the violence and racism. Watch the below video to verify your fact. In the video, Kaunda can be heard saying, “There was a voice note that was being circulated on social networks. That voice note said, go and loot all shops and malls everywhere. Once you are done with that looting, go to Indian areas, it's not me saying that, I am saying the call was saying that. Go to Indian communities, go there and kill Indians and burn their houses. Go to White areas, go there and once you are done looting, go there and kill the White community and burn their houses”

MAYOR KAUNDA also took to Facebook to caution against fake news.

News verdict: False

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Chetan Sharma is an Indian fact-checker and news writer, writing news for Ayupp since 2014.

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