Image of Sikh man from Canada photoshopped as Paris terrorist
November 16, 2015  13:46
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A Sikh man named Veerender Jubbal was falsely framed as one of the Paris attackers after a photo-shopped image of him went viral on social media. Shockingly the image was also used by a Spanish newspaper La Razon on the front page and named Jubbal as a terrorist.


A picture of Jubbal holding an iPad was photoshopped where the iPad was replaced with a Quran and a suicide vest was also added. One of the first tweets was put out by an handle named @abualut8 which shared the image and the caption, BREAKING, one Islamic State attacker in #ParisAttacks was a Sikh convert to Islam.


The tweet has since then been deleted, but not before causing some serious damage to Jubbals reputation given that media in various parts of Europe already labelled him a terrorist.


Jubal tweeted: "Has spread to the point, where many people have had to tweet about the photos being photoshopped.. Any support/nice messages are welcome."


Followed by this tweet: 
"Let us start with basics.
Never been to Paris.
Am a Sikh dude with a turban.
Lives in Canada."
3:56 AM - 15 Nov 2015



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