The Serbian-language media outlet "Kosovo Online" published yesterday (September 24) an audio recording, according to them, of the conversation between Kosovo police officers about the injured Serb, which was also mentioned by the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, at a press conference yesterday evening (September 24).
Through this audio recording, the media outlet in question and Vučić claim that it is a conversation between Kosovo police officers about one of the Serbs injured during yesterday's developments, claiming that aid for the injured was intentionally left out, after a police officer utters the sentence: "Even if he dies, nothing."
After verification by hibrid.info, it was found that it is not known who the conversation is between, and that in Albanian it does not say "even if I die, nothing".
Link to the audio recording published on Kosovo Online:
Links to articles published from Vučić's conference:
https://24sedam.rs/politika/vesti/246099/vucic-o-transkriptu-audio-zapisa-kurtijevih-policajaca/vest
During a press conference yesterday, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said that they have an audio recording that he said proves that Kosovo police forces deliberately let Serbs die in the north. Vučić said: “We followed what the Albanian police were doing, for one person the question is whether he survived, because they didn't want to help him. We have an audio recording where the Albanian police are laughing and saying that we don't have to help him. Let him die.".
In the evening, Serbian media published an audio recording lasting only 4 seconds.
According to the media outlet's translation into Serbian, the police officer says: ""Adam, Adam, don't worry," and then he says: "And if he dies, there's nothing."
In fact, a voice is heard in Albanian saying: "Adam! Adam, call me! and again "Adam (inaudible) call me".
Although it is claimed that it is a conversation between members of the Kosovo Police, it is not known between whom the conversation takes place, because no facts are provided. Furthermore, in the regulation on personnel and administration of the Kosovo Police, in Article 205 point 2, regarding the use of radios and communication it is stated: “It is not permitted for Police personnel to be called by name or IC number during radio communication, but based on a pre-determined call, except when a police officer is off duty and reporting his engagement in a case."
Also, the voice in Albanian does not mean what the Serbian-language media claim.
Analyze:
The facts show that the audio recording published by the Serbian-language media and discussed by President Vučić at a press conference does not prove that it is a conversation between members of the Kosovo Police regarding one of the wounded attackers, and does not imply that aid for the injured was intentionally withheld, as a police officer utters the sentence: "Even if he dies, nothing."
In the conversation in Albanian it says: "Adam! Adam, call me! and again "Adam (inaudible) call me".
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info considers this claim to be "misinformation".
Rating:
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