A video is being widely shared on social media in which a man is seen brutally assaulting a young girl. The video is circulated on social media with a caption suggesting that it shows a schoolteacher in Pakistan assaulting a Christian student for wearing a cross.
The video is shared with a text that reads, “In Pakistan, a teacher beats an innocent Christian girl with a plastic pipe for coming to school wearing a cross!” (Translated from Hindi)
SouthCheck found that the claim is false. The viral video is from Iraq, where a father was seen assaulting his daughter.
On a Google reverse image search, we found that the same video was shared by a YouTube channel on October 30, 2025. The caption associated with the video suggests that the shocking video of a father assaulting his daughter sparked outrage in Iraq.
We found that the screenshot of the video was shared by a news website too on October 30, 2025. The report associated with the screenshot suggests that a shocking video circulating online shows Iraqi police arresting a father in Baghdad after he brutally beat his young daughter with a hose. The child was taken into care and authorities launched legal action against the man.
We further found that the incident was also shared by the Facebook page of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior on October 30, 2025.
The caption read, “Baghdad’s Rusafa police arrest a father who severely abused his daughter. A short while ago, the Rusafa police detachments arrested one of the accused after he severely beat his daughter in an incident that sparked public outrage. The accused was immediately arrested and the proper legal procedures were taken against him in accordance with the provisions of the law, while the victim was cared for and referred to the competent authorities to follow up on her health and psychological condition. The Rusafa police command confirmed that the security services will not tolerate any act that violates human values or attacks family members, and that they are committed to applying the law firmly and fairly to protect society.”
Hence, we can ascertain that the viral claim is false.
