A video of a woman gagged, tied and hacked to death with an axe has been widely shared on social media with the claim that it's from India. Alt News is not providing any links to the video due to its graphic nature.

A Twitter user shared the viral video and wrote, "Humanity is dead. This is barbaric, sad, and shocking. Is he an executioner? I request nation's police officers punish him in a similar way. (เค‡ंเคธाเคจिเคฏเคค เคฎเคฐ เคšुเค•ी เคนै, เคนैเคตाเคจिเคฏเคค เคนै เคฌเคนुเคค เคฆु:เค–เคฆ เค†เคถ्เคšเคฐ्เคฏ เคนै, เคฏे เคœเคฒ्เคฒाเคฆ เคนैं เค•्เคฏा ? เคฎै เคฆेเคถ เค•े เคธเคฎเคธ्เคค เคชुเคฒिเคธ เคช्เคฐเคถाเคธเคจ เคธे เค…เคจुเคฐोเคง เค•เคฐเคคा เคนूँ เค•ी เค‡เคธเค•ो เคเคธे เคนी เคธเคœा เคฆी เคœाเคฏे !!)" He tagged Uttar Pradesh and Delhi police in his tweet. 

Similarly, several Facebook users shared the video with Hindi text, "Humanity is dead. A woman from Ambala subjected to this kind of cruelty. (เค‡ंเคธाเคจिเคฏเคค เคฎเคฐ เคšुเค•ी เคนै เคเค• เค…เคฌเคฒा เค”เคฐเคค เคชเคฐ เค‡เคธ เคคเคฐเคน เค•ा เค˜ोเคฐ #เคœुเคฒ्เคฎ.)"

Fact-check

Alt News broke the video into multiple keyframes using InVid and after several reverse-image search attempts, we were led to the website Gore Brazil.

While the website did not provide any details about the video, we took the hint that it could be from Brazil.

Alt News performed a keyword search in Portuguese—'mulher morta com machado'—which translates to 'woman killed with axe'. We performed this search on Facebook as Google did not throw up results matching the description of the video.

The first result on Facebook leads to a post on the page 'Feminicรญdio - Parem de nos matar' which publishes cases of femicide in Brazil. The post said that Thalia Torres de Souza (23) was hacked to death with an axe in Granja Portugal, Fortaleza.

MULHER FOI MORTA COM MACHADADAS NA CABEร‡A

Thalia Torres de Souza, aos 23 anos de idade, foi morta de uma forma cruel...

Posted by Feminicรญdio - Parem de nos matar on Tuesday, 1 September 2020

A subsequent keyword using the woman's name led us to several other Facebook posts in Portuguese. 'Aracati Polรญcia 24hs' uploaded a picture of the woman where she can be seen in the same clothes as the viral video. This post is from August 30.

#Jovem รฉ morta com golpes de picareta na cabeรงa em Fortaleza.

Uma jovem identificada como Thalia Torres de Souza de 23...

Posted by Aracati Polรญcia 24hs on Saturday, 29 August 2020

Thus a gruesome video from Brazil is circulating with the false claim that a woman was hacked to death in India. Alt News has debunked several such videos from Brazil in the past.