Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
It was claimed that the burning of several vehicles last night in North Mitrovica is the result of tricks by the Kosovo Police. (see here the meaning of the word "trick")
This content was published on the Telegram social media by the Serbian-language channel "CORRIDOR” (Corridor).
What is known so far about this event?
The Deputy Director of the Kosovo Police for the Northern Region, Veton Elshani, explained that the fire was likely intentional, there are no suspects and that investigations are ongoing.
Telegram post link from the “КОРИДОР” account:
Excerpt from content published on Telegram by the “КОРИДОР” account:
The tricks of the so-called Kosovo Police, which aim to further criminalize and persecute Serbs, creating major problems, are not as harmless and harmless as some think.
Elshani told Radio Free Europe that the fire was likely intentional and that investigations are ongoing. (see here)
Elshani also made a statement to the Serbian language media outlet "Kosovo-Online.com". (see here)
"When they noticed the fire, the police immediately called the fire department. We suspect that the fire was arson, further investigations will determine the facts," Elshani told Kosovo-Online.com.
context
In the early hours of Tuesday (July 9), two trucks were reported to have burned in North Mitrovica, while the fire from them also damaged a passenger car.
Analyze:
A Serbian-language Telegram account has claimed that the burning of two trucks and a passenger car in North Mitrovica is the result of tricks by the Kosovo Police.
This account, for this claim, offers no facts to support it.
The Deputy Director of the Kosovo Police for the Northern Region, Veton Elshani, said that the fire appears to have been intentional and that the perpetrators of this crime are still unknown.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Conspiracy Theory".
Reasoning:
"Conspiracy theories" are considered to be informational content that contains a false or unverifiable description of a phenomenon, event or person, presenting it as part or the result of a secret plan ("conspiracy"). The characteristic of these contents is that they present a series of claims, presented as facts, between which cause-effect relationships are established, without providing any reliable evidence.