The Serbian language media outlet "srbijadanas.rs" published an article today with the claim in the title that Albin Kurti is continuing to terrorize Serbs in Kosovo where the Kosovo Police regulates the traffic in long weapons.
This claim is based on an informative post on Facebook by the information portal "Jepi zje" where they announced that while regulating traffic at the iron bridge located near the tunnel in Mitrovica, one of the police officers came out with a long gun.
After verifying the facts by hibrid.info, it was found that this is not about mistreatment of the Serbian community, as claimed.
Link to the article published on "sd.rs":
Title of the article published on "sd.rs":
LIKE THE WILD WEST! Kurti doesn't stop terrorizing Serbs in Kosovo – do they regulate traffic with long guns?!
Based on information published by the information portal "Jepi zje" on the way traffic is regulated in Mitrovica by the Kosovo Police, the Serbian-language media outlet has raised the claim that the terrorization of Serbs in Kosovo is continuing.
The information posted by the information portal "Jepi zje" does not state which community the citizens who witnessed the traffic regulation at the Iron Bridge in Mitrovica belonged to. According to this portal, citizens have expressed concern about the approach of the police officers during the traffic regulation, because, as the portal reported, one of the police officers got out of the vehicle holding a long gun in his hand.
As the portal reports, the iron bridge located near the tunnel in Mitrovica often causes traffic problems since only one car can pass.
"The iron bridge near the tunnel in Mitrovica is often causing trouble. This is because, since only one car can pass, it often happens that drivers do not agree.
Citizens have complained about some special police officers who were impatient. Even though they had the right of way, a wedding party was driving on the other side and they were made to wait for several minutes.
But the policemen's patience quickly ran out, and two of them came out to stop the cars so they could pass.
But what is striking is that one of the police officers got out of the vehicle holding a long gun in his hand.
And the "regulation" of traffic by exposing the "frightening" weapon did not please the citizens.
One of them seized the moment and expressed concern about the approach of these special police officers.. "(here)
As a result of a convoy of vehicles due to a wedding, traffic at the iron bridge was congested and the Police intervened to regulate it. Citizens have reacted to the manner of the Police's response (due to the use of long weapons) but the ethnicity of those citizens who witnessed the incident is not known.
Analyze:
Because the ethnicity of the citizens involved in the traffic jam at the Iron Bridge in Mitrovica is unknown, the claim that Serbian citizens were terrorized is unfounded.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info considers this claim to be "misinformation".
Rating:
A “Disinformation” rating is given to media reporting that contains a “mix” of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful content. This rating will also address reports that have incorrect attributions or headlines that do not reflect the text in terms of information accuracy.