Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
It was alleged that the Serbian Interior Minister, Ivica Dacic, after the murder of the Serbian policeman by the Kosovar suspect Faton Hajrizi, to have said that "It's not just one police officer who was killed, there are 5 or 6 other victims."
This claim was found posted (July 20) on the Albanian-language TikTok account named "drenica911".
What did hibrid.info find?
After research conducted through online search engines, hibrid.info has confirmed that such a statement was not made by Dacic.
Link to the post published on TikTok by the account "drenica911":
Faton Hajrizi is suspected of killing one and wounding another police officer in Loznica in western Serbia on July 18. A day later, authorities in Serbia said they had killed the suspect, who had escaped from Smrekonica prison in Vushtrri two weeks earlier. (see here)
What did Dacic say after the murder of the Serbian policeman?
"This cannot be an accident. This is a clear terrorist act coming from Kosovo, from Albanian structures. The organized crime prosecution will treat the case as a terrorist act because it is an attack on officials," Dacic told Radio Television of Serbia. (see here)
Hibrid.info searched Google with the phrase ""It's not just one policeman killed, there are 5 or 6 other victims." but no published article with this claim has been found. (see here)
Also, with the same sentence, but in Serbian, searches do not show any published information with this claim. (see here)
In the post published on TikTok by the account “drenica911” there is a logo with the name “Universal”. Hibrid.info has managed to find this page on Facebook, on which this content is not found posted. So, it seems that it has been deleted. (see here)
However, this content was found posted on a Facebook account named “Luan Gacaferri”, which, as of the time of writing, has been shared 36 times and received over 200 reactions. (see here)
The reason for addressing this content published on TikTok was because, as of the writing of this article, it had managed to accumulate over 300 thousand views and received 326 comments. (see here)
Analyze:
Through a post made on July 20 on TikTok, it was claimed that Dacic had stated that "It's not just one police officer who was killed, there are 5 or 6 other victims."
This post was made in connection with the July 18th incident, when Kosovar Faton Hajrizi allegedly killed a police officer and injured another in Serbia.
Hibrid.info has not found any content published online where Dacic has made such a statement after this event.
Based on the methodology, hibrid.info assesses the content published on TikTok by the "drenica911" account 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.