People Are Photoshopping Dhaka’s Streets To Claim That The Blood Flood Didn’t Actually Happen
It actually did.
On September 13, Dhaka’s streets were flooded with red water, a combination of the blood of sacrificial animals spilled during Eid al-Adha and heavy rainfall from the night before.
Eid al-Adha is a three-day festival celebrated in the Islamic month of Zilhaj, where animals like cows, goats, lambs, and camels are sacrificed. The meat is commonly distributed to the poor and used for a celebratory feasts.
Several images made their way to social media as the story swiftly went viral.
Horrific streams of #blood were seen on #Dhaka Streets red with blood in wake of #EidAlAdha after animal sacrifice
A day after the actual incident, people began sharing a different version of the images, this time indicating that the blood was photoshopped in and the floods were normal.
[ Eid blood in Dhaka : Photo-Shop pictures go viral on social media
Several people were sharing reports that the images were photoshopped to show blood, claiming that a red effect was added to the original images to instigate anti-Muslim propaganda.
But the images weren’t actually photoshopped at all. In fact, the images without the blood were the doctored ones.
This image in particular has been shared the most. In the image, it is clearly seen that the color of the posters and people in the backdrop have changed as well.
Several people have been trying to explain that the bloody flood photos are authentic.
This is the #bloodriver in Dhaka in reply to paid trolls questing the authenticity of @ZeeNews report on Eid.
Edward Rees, a resident of Dhaka, who confirmed that these floods did happen.
A bit of rain and Eid and the roads run red with blood. #Dhaka#Bangladesh
Rees told that the flooding was a result of heavy overnight rainfall combined with poor drainage systems. His friend took the pictures, and then Rees tweeted them.
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