Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
A video has been published showing a road leading to the Fadil Vokrri stadium in Pristina, with the claim that the Iceland national team bus was damaged by some Kosovo fans.
it CONTENT was published yesterday (March 20) on TikTok by an account named, "focusprishtina".
Is the claim true?
Hibrid.info has found that there are no reports, either substantiated or unconfirmed, that would support the claim in question.
By the time of treatment, the content had received more than 40 thousand views and comments had been noted, from which it can be assessed that the claim can be taken as true.
The Kosovo national team faced Iceland, where they scored an important victory in the first match of the "play-off" for inclusion in League B of the Nations League (see here).
Hibrid.info has checked the websites of the Football Federation of Kosovo (KFF), Football Association of Iceland (KSI) and page of the Kosovo Police on Facebook, but in the latest announcements of these institutions there is no confirmation of the claim addressed.
To see if there are any media reports, hibrid.info has also researched through the search engine, "Google", but the search results have not shown any data that supports the claim (read here).
Analyze
The claim of an attack on the bus of the Icelandic national football team, which traveled to face the Kosovo national team last night in Pristina, is false.
There is no confirmation of the claim in the announcements of official institutions. It has also not been reported in the media.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses the claim as "Fake News".
Reasoning:
The “Fake News” rating is given to informational content that is entirely fabricated or that contains factually incorrect claims or information. Content that is rated as fake news can be defined as having been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.