Fact check: This is not the grieving mother of a Sri Lankan man lynched in Pakistan
- 3 years ago
Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana, a 48-year-old Sri Lankan man was lynched and burned to death by a mob in Pakistan's Sialkot for alleged blasphemy on December 3, 2021.
A video of a mob dragging the man's bruised body on the street went viral on social media. Now a photograph is being circulated with the claim that it shows the mother of the man crying in front of his charred body.
A video of a mob dragging the man's bruised body on the street went viral on social media. Now a photograph is being circulated with the claim that it shows the mother of the man crying in front of his charred body.