User publications on multiple social media platforms since Monday claimed that Tiktoker Mashal Khan and his wife Meena Khan of Peshawar were shot dead. However, both are still alive and well.
A day ago, the influence of 17 -year -old social networks, healthy Yousaf, was shot dead in his house by an unidentified man who entered his house and shot him in his chest. She was popular in Tiktok and Instagram, with more than one million combined followers
Today, an X user said that Tiktok Mashal Khan’s influencer and his wife Meena Khan had been shot dead.
The legend of the post said: “The Peshawar Tiktokers Mashal Khan and his wife Meena Khan were shot dead, while Chitral Tiktoker Sana Yousaf was also killed in Islamabad.”
The user made derogatory comments, blaming people from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and a specific Muslim sect for incidents.
The publication was seen more than 17,200 times.
The same claim was shared by other users that can be seen here, here and here in X, and here and here on Facebook.
A verification of facts began to determine the veracity of the affirmation in the light of its nature and time, coinciding with the murder of Yousaf, 17 with a great public interest in the matter.
Mashal and Meena have separated accounts of Tiktok, with 90,000 and 1.1 million followers, respectively. The couple is known for creating videos together, often established in Styto songs.
A keyword search for “Tiktoker”, “Mashal Khan”, “Meena Khan” and “Dead” did not yield results of any national or local media that covered the alleged murder.
Reviewing your Tiktok accounts to verify the recent activity showed that the accounts registered many videos on Mondays and Tuesdays.
In addition, a video of June 2 was found in the Tiktok account in Mashal, where the couple approached and discredited the viral rumor.
@mashal.khan.mk0 False news of da Videos sharing kai plz #foryupageOfficiall #foryou #viral ♬ original sound – mashal khan mk
They said they intended to take legal actions against those responsible for spreading false rumors and that it would file a complaint with the wing of cyber crimes of the federal investigation agency today.
The couple said the false rumor caused panic and anguish inside their family, which led family members to run home and call them repeatedly.
“This whole situation disturbed us deeply and caused mental stress,” Meena said in the video.
Therefore, the verification of facts determined that the statement that the couple of social networks Peshawari Mashal and Meena were shot dead while it is the similar murder of Yousab in Islamabad FAKE. The couple is still alive and well.
This fact verification was originally published by Iverify Pakistan, a CEJ-IBA and UNDP project.
