Why? Because you can’t handle the truth? The pic is an industrial accident.

A horrifying photograph showing dozens of charred corpses has been frequently passed around online over the last several years along with the false claim that the image depicts Christians who were “burned alive” by Muslims in Nigeria.

Although the photograph has been included in dozens of articles about a purported act of genocide, it was actually taken after an oil tanker exploded in the Democratic Republic of Congo on 2 July 2010, killing at least 230 people and injuring nearly 200 more:

At least 230 people were killed when a fuel tanker overturned and exploded in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, unleashing a fire ball that tore through homes and cinemas packed with people watching World Cup soccer.

Officials said the explosion late on Friday also injured 196 people, adding that the death toll could rise.

They described scenes of devastation in the town of Sange, where houses were burned and bodies littered the streets. Some people died while trying to steal fuel leaking from the tanker, but most were killed at home or watching World Cup soccer in cinemas.

Many of the bodies were charred beyond recognition.

Confusion about the nature of the image began almost immediately after it was initially published. Articles about the Jos riots, a series of violent incidents between Christian and Muslim groups in 2010 in Nigeria, frequently included this image and claimed that it showed a massacre that had taken place there. Other images of the scene clearly show, however, that this particular photograph was the result of an accident and not an act of violence:

Snopes lies and is run by liberals

There’s enough nasty shit attributable to these jihadis without making stuff up. This “story” is pure bullshit. Abusing others for pointing out that doesn’t change that fact.

Oi vey! Anti-semite! ;)

Why? Promoting falsehoods is what the EU Times is all about!

This story is fake. It doesn’t mean that others are not.

Because it is bullshit, that’s why. The explosion of the fuel tanker that caused this WAS reported in the mass media.

Why? Because the EU Times needs another bullshit story to use as clickbait.

The EU Times doesn’t do any informing of anyone. What it does is misinform, misdirect and spread hoax stories.

Nobody is defending jihadists. There’s enough nasty shit attributable to them without making stuff up. However, making stuff up is what the EU Times is all about.

You do your research before telling others to do their research.

Explosion of an oil tanker.

It was the result of an oil tanker truck exploding. This story, like most of those on the EU Times, is bullshit disinfo.