Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
Reporting in several online media outlets in Kosovo on April 28 and 29 about a murder that occurred in Düsseldorf, Germany, allegedly involving a Kosovo Albanian (the murder suspect) and a person with Serbian citizenship (the alleged victim), have published unverified data about the event.
These articles were published by the portals "Indeksonline.net", "Botasot.info" and "Epokaere.com".
What did these portals report?
In their articles, the portals in question posted a photograph and details of a person claiming that he was the victim and that his name was Aleksandar Stefanovic.
Links to the article published on the portals "Indeksonline.net", "Epokaere.com" and "Botasot.info":
https://archive.is/TMs31#selection-1203.0-1203.109
What did Hibrid.info find?
After research conducted through online search engines, Hibrid.info has managed to determine that the person in question is not a victim. This is because our platform has managed to find a video material published by Aleksandar Stefanovic, where he denies the reports.
He explained through his personal Facebook account that he is alive and that it is about another person who was killed, his friend, named Aleksandar. (see here)
What was reported in the German media?
The German media outlet "Welt.de" explains that the person killed was known as benchmark with the nickname "AleksM". (see here)
"According to the findings so far, there was a dispute in the restaurant on Sunday night between the suspect and the victim, who according to WELT information is also known as rapper 'Aleks M'. In the mid-2010s he released songs together with German rap greats such as Kollegah and Sun Diego", writes Welt.de.
Analyze:
Several online portals in Kosovo have reported on a murder that occurred days ago in Germany, but have included information about another person in the articles, claiming that he is the person who lost his life.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses these articles as "Unverified Content".
Reasoning:
The "Unverified" rating is given to those informative contents that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which could not be verified due to certain circumstances (speed, lack of sources) during the publication of the content.