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Peaceful protest of Kashmiris being silenced. #HumanRights https://t.co/XUQvIggpaz — Zahir Kazmi (@zahirhkazmi) 1540698932000

Shooting peaceful protesters at point blank range. This is how India is silencing the Kashmiris. The world's larges… https://t.co/kzY8rdISYP — Rabia Akhtar (@Rabs_AA) 1540700895000

Kashmiris shot down at point blank range, where is Pakistani liberal Mombati Brigade???? Gulalae Brothers???? https://t.co/qP9TUsQtie — Amer Khan (@KhanAmerKhan) 1540705863000

Shame On INDIAN ARMY. Killing of civilians in Kashmir by Indian army...Kashmiris shot down at point black range in… https://t.co/vbKlretoNY — Kashmir_Pakistan (@Muhamma39135313) 1540705876000

The So Called Champions of Human Rights are sleeping I suppose when Kashmiri Youths were shot at Point Blank!!! @UN… https://t.co/xlEuNkms31 — RJ Tanveer Khatana Official🔅 (@tanveer_khatana) 1540652490000

Kashmiris being shot down at point-blank range by Indian Forces. Why the world is not listening to their voice? Ho… https://t.co/QNkdfHbwlF — Deputy Commissioner Islamabad (@hamzashafqaat) 1540652161000

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A video shot a year ago in Jharkhand's Khunti district, where a mock drill was conducted by Jharkhand Police , is now being shared widely on social media platforms like Twitter, mostly by handles from Pakistan , claiming that the video is of peaceful protesters in Kashmir being fired at by the security forces.Sample these:This is not the first time fake-news peddlers from across the border are trying to spread hatred against India and the Indian Army. In September this year, Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir tweeted a video showing a man being brutally thrashed and suggested the video is of Indian Army torturing a Kashmiri youngster. Times Fact Check busted the claim. You can read about it here. The video is of Khunti Police's mock drill conducted in October, 2017.This video being shared as 'peaceful protesters in Kashmir being show down at point-blank range by Indian forces' is a classic case of fake news from across the border.Why?Because the Twitter users who shared the video shared it as it is, along with the audio. It is clear from the video itself that it's a mock drill. It's just a matter of listening to the video carefully. Starting at 0:46 seconds, there's an announcement that could be heard.Here's a close translation of the announcement: "Let me repeat this once more. This is a demo through which Khunti Police has demonstrated that we are prepared and ready to deal with any situation". If you didn't notice it the first time, go back to the video and watch it again.Times Fact Check copied the link to the video posted by Twitter user Zahir Kazmi and searched for keyframes in the InVid extension for Chrome browser, and clicked on the keyframes to do reverse-image searches on it.Browsing through the results, we saw a news report on Maharashtra Times on the same video titled "Viral Myth vs Reality News: This video is Jharkhand Police mock drill not MP Police firing at farmers in Mandsaur ," and a report in Marathi.The report said how people had shared the video of Khunti Police's mock drill claiming it to be that of protesting farmers in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur being shot at by MP Police. Protests by farmers in Mandsaur in June, 2017 had resulted in police firing and people had circulated this video as that from Mandsaur.Times Fact Check has found that the video of Jharkhand Police mock drill is being widely shared with a claim that the video is of people in Kashmir being fired at by security forces and that this claim is false.