A video of which allegedly depicted Pakistani student in China being killed on a busy street recently went viral.
The video of a man lying lifeless as a frantic woman tried to stop two other men from attacking him on a busy street went viral in Pakistan.
China: Pakistani student Osama(University: Shanyang) killed in public by the father and brother of the girl he was dating. This is 2nd such case, foreigners are definitely not safe in China. Any word on it ? @ImranKhanPTI@ShireenMazari1 @fawadchaudhry @omar_quraishi @ChinaDaily pic.twitter.com/55ocpLb3J3
— Ali Arif 🇵🇰 (@i_aliarif) November 18, 2018
A lot of people assumed this to be a video of a Pakistani student by the name of Usama Ahmed Khan who was a student in China at the Shenyang Jianzhu University.
The story being circulated along with the video was that Usama had been dating a local Chinese girl. The girl’s brother and father had found out about the relationship, disapproved and as a result killed Usama in cold blood on a busy street as passersby looked on.
The video itself is bone-chilling to watch. Teamed with the fact that the person being brutally murdered in the video was assumed to be Pakistani, everyone became incensed and called upon the Pakistani government to take notice immediately.
And of course, people were upset by the video.
So horrified! I m speechless! No one coming to help… what is this??? The person who is making Video should hv called the police.😡😭😭😭😭😭😭🥵🥵😡
— Aleya Noorani (@ANNoorani2) November 18, 2018
This is very bad. Pakistan should raise the brutal murder case in front Chinese authorities. This practice should not be countinue so long. Justice should be served at any cost.
— Kamran Khan (@01kamrankhan) November 18, 2018
This is horrible.. why pakistanis are silent on this?? If a muslim is killed in india, everyone condemns it.. pakistanis abuse our country when such things happen.. but why are they silent about the atrocities taking place in china ?! Shame !!
— yakuza 🇮🇳 (@26deeroy) November 18, 2018
Apparently, this is not the first time such news has emerged from China regarding a young Pakistani.
They say the video is fake, they also say that Usama Khan is dead and he committed suicide 🤔
4 months back Moiz another Pakistanis student ws stabbed to death, no explanation on that as well.https://t.co/17cPjrpRwj— Ali Arif 🇵🇰 (@i_aliarif) November 19, 2018
But Lijian Zhao, the Chinese Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission to Pakistan tweeted about that the video was fake
He said that the news had even been discredited by the Pakistan Foreign Ministry and had no truth to it.
FAKE NEWS!!! The story about Usama Ahmad Khan has been disowned by the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan. It called upon the media to exercise caution in such matters, avoid sensationalism & stop spreading fake news. @CathayPak @ForeignOfficePk @OfficialDGISPR https://t.co/KKUzxsE5Q2
— Lijian Zhao 赵立坚 (@zlj517) November 19, 2018
A press release on the website for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan also states that the video was not of Usama.
The press release claimed that Usama had committed suicide and that a Pakistani official in China was working closely on the case with the help of Chinese authorities to make sure Usama’s body was transported safely back to Pakistan.
FAKE NEWS!!! The story about Usama Ahmad Khan has been disowned by the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan. It called upon the media to exercise caution in such matters, avoid sensationalism & stop spreading fake news. @CathayPak @ForeignOfficePk @OfficialDGISPR pic.twitter.com/QM4LioNhdB
— Lijian Zhao 赵立坚 (@zlj517) November 19, 2018
But the question remains; who was the unidentified man in the video? Some people seem to think it was a German citizen but there is no confirmation on this news as well.
— Yaseen Badar (@Love4YB) November 18, 2018
So according to this, the alleged video is not of Osama Khan, some say he is some German, various people sent me this video at the same time when Osama's death was reported.
Anyways whoever He is, chinese administration must take action. pic.twitter.com/rx22o2ytPH— Ali Arif 🇵🇰 (@i_aliarif) November 19, 2018
Whatever the case may be, it is indeed a very sad incident and hopefully, whoever the young man was and whatever the story may be, hopefully, justice is served.
What are your thoughts on this entire incident? Let us know in the comments.
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