Video spread on social media about the execution of two Bangladeshis is fake: Saudi authorities

Reports indicate that after news of the execution of two Bangladeshis in Saudi Arabia was published, misleading information and old videos began spreading on social media. Among them, a video of a woman being beheaded and old footage of a different incident in the Holy Kaaba area were combined and claimed to be the incident involving those Bangladeshis. Essentially, this disinformation was spread on social media using an old video of a completely different incident that occurred in Mecca in 2015 and unrelated scenes.

Authorities and fact-checking sources have said that the circulated videos have no relevance to the recent incident. They called for refraining from spreading unverified information and fake videos on such sensitive matters, and for relying only on official information.