People searching for “Bangladesh Couple in Saudi Original Video” are encountering footage falsely linked to the executions of two Bangladeshi nationals. The graphic execution clip checked by fact checkers is from a separate case in 2015. It does not show the October 2026 executions.
How the wrong video was shared
Social media posts attached the names of the two Bangladeshis to an older execution recording. One post presented the footage alongside a breaking-news claim about their deaths, giving viewers the impression that the images documented the current case.
A reverse search of frames traced the recording to reports published in January 2015. Those reports identified the person in the footage as a woman from Myanmar, Layla bint Abdul Mutaleb Bassim. The date and identity establish that the recording cannot document the deaths of the Bangladeshi nationals in October 2026.
The problem is false context: an existing recording was relabelled with a different case. This finding does not require the video to have been digitally altered. Available fact checks do not establish who first attached the misleading caption or whether every account sharing it knew it was unrelated.
A second video also circulated with misleading claims
A separate clip showing a man and woman near the Black Stone at the Kaaba circulated as supposed evidence of the alleged incident. The Holy Mosques media account rejected that link on October 20. That account is a media organisation, and its statement should not be presented as a Saudi court finding.
These are different clips with different misleading claims. Neither establishes what the Bangladeshi nationals did or how their executions were carried out. The material reviewed for this article does not authenticate any recording as the original video of their executions.
What authorities confirmed
Saudi Arabia announced the executions of Nazrul Islam Abdul Basir and Siti Akhtar in the Makkah region on October 14, 2026. Its Interior Ministry cited a conviction over an indecent act inside a mosque. The publicly reported statement did not describe the precise act, name the mosque or specify the method of execution.
That limited official account does not support presenting unrelated videos as proof. Claims that the two were newlyweds or were executed for a kiss also remain unsupported by the available evidence. Nazrul’s father has disputed the claim that the woman was his wife.
What viewers should check before sharing
A caption alone cannot establish a recording’s date, location or the identities of the people shown. In this case, the execution clip’s earlier publication is decisive: a recording reported in 2015 cannot show an event from October 2026.
The first account to attach the false description has not been established in the material reviewed. It would therefore be inaccurate to blame a specific publisher for starting the rumour without further evidence. What the checks establish is that unrelated footage circulated with a misleading description.
Read our separate fact check of the marriage, kissing, photograph and execution claims and the full story and timeline.