The dubious portal "Lideri.mk" published an article on December 9 titled "Croatian Sniper: I am ready to help Kosovo at any time!".
After fact-checking by hibrid.info, the Facebook profile of the person in this photo was found, which bears the name Ermal Zymberi. From the content of this profile, it is understood that this person is Kosovar, based also on the events documented with photos that prove his identification.
This dubious portal has supported this article based on a Facebook account named "Ban Boric", which posted a photo of this member of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF), to which it has given the caption: “At all times I am ready to help the people of Kosovo preserve their freedom and independence. We know well what aggression is”. (transl. Albanian – At all times I am ready to help the people of Kosovo preserve their freedom and independence. We know well what aggression is). (see here)
Hibrid.info, after research conducted through the automated online fact-checking program "InVID", has managed to confirm that the KSF member is Ermal Zymberi.
Link to the article published on the dubious portal "Lideri.mk":
Article published on the dubious portal "Lideri.mk":
Croatian sniper Ban Boric has expressed his willingness to help Kosovo. Boric expressed his willingness at a time when Serbs are once again provoking in northern Kosovo, Lideri.mk reports.
"I am always ready to help the people of Kosovo preserve their freedom and independence," Boric wrote on social media.
He explained the reasons why he is ready to come to the aid of Kosovo and its people.
"We also know very well what aggression is," Boric wrote.
This article was later published by other dubious portals such as "Zeripress.com","Skopje24.mk”And“Home".
In addition to these dubious portals, the article was also distributed on the social network Facebook by the pages "Leader.mk","Skopje24.mk","Kosovo Newspaper”And“Albania".
After research conducted through the automated online fact-checking program “InVID”, hibrid.info has found the Facebook account of the KSF member seen in the photograph, whose name is Ermal Zymberi. (see here and here)
Analyze:
The dubious portal "Lideri.mk" has published an article based on a Facebook account named "Ban Boric", claiming that the photograph shows a Croatian soldier who allegedly said "I am ready to help Kosovo at any time!".
However, after verifying the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that the soldier in the photograph is not Croatian, but is a member of the Kosovo Security Force, Ermal Zymberi.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info rates this article as "Unverified Content".
Reasoning:
The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.