Albanian-language information portals such as "telegrafi.com", "botasot.info" and "zeri.info" have published today (March 12) an article titled "Serb arrested as suspect in the murder of boxer Besar Nimani is from Mitrovica".
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it was confirmed that the headline incorrectly claimed that the Serb suspected of murdering boxer Besar Nimani had been arrested in Germany.
The content of the article explains that the Serbian suspect is in fact being sought by the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) after he managed to leave the country where the murder occurred.
Links to articles published by "telegrafi.com", "botasot.info" and "zeri.info":
https://ghostarchive.org/archive/DvH9D
Within these articles, these portals have quoted the brother of the murdered boxer, who gave an interview to the local media outlet "klankosova.tv" regarding the murder of Besar Nimani.
Hibrid.info has found the authentic article published on the information portal "klankosova.tv", entitled "A Serb from Mitrovica and two Kurds are suspected of the murder of former boxer Besar Nimani", which also quotes the statement of the victim's brother, who said that the suspects in the murder of the former boxer are two Kurds and a Serb from Mitrovica. (see here)
While at no point is it mentioned that the suspects have been arrested, but rather that, as the article states, "they are being sought by INTERPOL", since according to it, "they have managed to leave Germany".
Analyze:
Some local media outlets have incorrectly claimed in their headlines that the Serbian suspect in the murder of boxer Besar Nimani has been arrested.
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that in fact a Serb from Mitrovica and two Kurds are being sought by the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), after they fled the place where the murder occurred, in Germany.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info considers this content to be an "error".
Reasoning:
The "Error" rating is given to informational content in which, during the compilation or publication process, errors occur by publishing incorrect information (especially when dealing with information in figures) or by broadcasting poorly verified news, without the clear intention of misinforming the public.