Brazil’s CCTV editing robbery mistakenly connects Myanmar anti-junta fighter jets

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Brazil’s CCTV editing robbery mistakenly connects Myanmar anti-junta fighter jets

CCTV videos of Brazil’s armed robbery were scattered in social media posts, falsely claiming it showed a Myanmar resistance fighter who “saves foreigners” from Myanmar’s business hub.

The video of an armed robber stealing his phone and fleeing the scene gained 38,000 views after a handicap on Facebook on May 13.

The Burmese Language title reads: “Say it happened in North Dagon. I’m not sure it’s true, but they say the PDF saved foreigners.” (Archive link).

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A devastating earthquake hit 3,800 people in March and exacerbated the humanitarian situation, while the military government continues to attack civilian targets despite alleged ceasefires to help the country recover from disaster (Archive links here and here).

Similar posts claim that the robbery video was filmed in Myanmar and also appeared on Facebook.

However, a reverse image search was performed on Google using the keyframe in the video that found the event.

Broadcaster CNN Brasil published an unwritten version of the video in a March 4 report (Archive link).

The title of the report reads:Video: Students are robbed when they leave the gym and get off work. ”

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The incident occurred near Brooklin, Sao Paulo, Francisco Dias Velho Road, Brazilian local media (according to archive link).

Searching for locations on Google Maps found geographic indications outside of Junkyard Gym, an image showing elements matching the ones seen in the robbery CCTV footage (archive link).

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Further keyword searches found that the Garbage Gym has uploaded other CCTV footage of the robbery on its official Instagram account, which corresponds to Google Maps Maps Street View Imagery (and archive links here and here).