Bangladesh <\/span>has extended the power of commissioned army officials to enforce law and order amid the absence of police forces after the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s autocratic government on August 5, 2024. But footage of a scuffle among people dressed in army fatigues does not show soldiers, as social media posts claim; the video was filmed in Myanmar and depicts fighting between two armed ethnic groups over territorial disputes in northern Shan state<\/span>.<\/h3>\n“Bangladesh Army meant a well-famed force in Bangladesh. Army has lost its honor under the patronage of illegal government of Yunus gang,” reads the Bengali caption of a Facebook post<\/a> shared January 29, 2025.<\/p>\nThe post includes a 13-second video of a group of uniformed and armed people fighting each other<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nScreenshot of the false post taken March 3, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe video <\/span>surfaced online as Bangladesh army officials combed the country<\/a> to improve law and order amid a weak and largely absent police force since the fall of Hasina’s government <\/span>(archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\nA <\/span>student-led uprising in August 2024 toppled Hasina, who now resides in India. An interim administration led by Nobel laureate\u00a0Muhammad Yunus<\/a> replaced her (archived link<\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\nThe country’s interim government initially gave the power of magistracy to commissioned army officers for 60 days in September 2024. It has been extended twice<\/a> since then (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\nA joint force<\/a> comprising officials from the country’s army, police, border guards and rapid action battalion has been launching operations to recover firearms that have gone missing from police stations since the August revolution (archived link)<\/a>.<\/p>\nThe video of army officials supposedly fighting each other has spread <\/a>elsewhere on Facebook<\/a> — but it was taken in Myanmar, not Bangladesh<\/span>.<\/p>\nEthnic clashes in Myanmar<\/h3>\n
A Google reverse image search<\/a> using\u00a0keyframes from the clip<\/a> found a clearer <\/span>version of the video uploaded January 28, 2025 to\u00a0YouTube<\/a> (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\nThe Burmese caption says “they’re fighting each other” and includes #army, #military and #Myanmar<\/span>.<\/p>\nFurther keyword searches found a longer video shared January 27 on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0(archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\nA text overlay on the video reads: “Territorial dispute between KIA and TNLA (January 26, 2025, Mong Wee – KSSM)”. <\/p>\n
Visuals starting at the 6:07 mark of the Facebook clip correspond with scenes from the footage shared in false posts<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n![\"<span>Screenshot](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Ctf0wV8bWjPDhxEC9xDKOg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTM2MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/afp_factcheck_us_713\/a424bee3b89a194c64ccd7043869409d\"\/)
The post includes a 13-second video of a group of uniformed and armed people fighting each other<\/span>.<\/p>\n Screenshot of the false post taken March 3, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n The video <\/span>surfaced online as Bangladesh army officials combed the country<\/a> to improve law and order amid a weak and largely absent police force since the fall of Hasina’s government <\/span>(archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n A <\/span>student-led uprising in August 2024 toppled Hasina, who now resides in India. An interim administration led by Nobel laureate\u00a0Muhammad Yunus<\/a> replaced her (archived link<\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n The country’s interim government initially gave the power of magistracy to commissioned army officers for 60 days in September 2024. It has been extended twice<\/a> since then (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n A joint force<\/a> comprising officials from the country’s army, police, border guards and rapid action battalion has been launching operations to recover firearms that have gone missing from police stations since the August revolution (archived link)<\/a>.<\/p>\n The video of army officials supposedly fighting each other has spread <\/a>elsewhere on Facebook<\/a> — but it was taken in Myanmar, not Bangladesh<\/span>.<\/p>\n A Google reverse image search<\/a> using\u00a0keyframes from the clip<\/a> found a clearer <\/span>version of the video uploaded January 28, 2025 to\u00a0YouTube<\/a> (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n The Burmese caption says “they’re fighting each other” and includes #army, #military and #Myanmar<\/span>.<\/p>\n Further keyword searches found a longer video shared January 27 on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0(archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n A text overlay on the video reads: “Territorial dispute between KIA and TNLA (January 26, 2025, Mong Wee – KSSM)”. <\/p>\n Visuals starting at the 6:07 mark of the Facebook clip correspond with scenes from the footage shared in false posts<\/span>.<\/p>\nEthnic clashes in Myanmar<\/h3>\n