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Footage Purporting To Show Brussels Explosions Was Shot In 2011

CCTV that was reported to be taken from from the deadly Brussels Airport explosions, appears to be fake. Footage that was said to show the Zaventem Airport explosion is remarkably similar a video that shows the moment a bomb attack took place at Domodedovo Airport in Russia in 2011. But as the Independent reports: the clip, which shows people walking before they duck and flee following an explosion, has been widely shared on social media since the Brussels blasts took place on Tuesday morning. VRT news agency apologised on Twitter for the CCTV footage being fake Bewakingsbeelden die circuleren van aanslag Zaventem zijn oude beelden. Onze excuses. #vrtnieuwshttps://t.co/UfKS0i14Aw — VRT deredactie.be (@vrtderedactie) March 22, 2016 The first video (below) is the CCTV purporting to show the Brussels Airport explosions and the second is of the 2011 bomb attack at Domodedovo Airport in Russia   But that wasn’t the only fake video that was put out yesterday According to The Free Thought Project : During this massive search and presentation of information, some disinformation made its way out on the airwaves, as well as the interwebs. While claiming to have CCTV footage from Tuesday’s attacks in Brussels, CNN ran a clip of a [...]