Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
A photograph purports to show a member of the Kosovo Police (KP) performing religious rites in the snow near the Kosovo-Serbia border.
This photo with this claim was found and published on November 22 on Facebook by the page "World News".
What did hibrid.info find?
After online research, hibrid.info has managed to confirm that we are not dealing with a member of the KP. The authentic photo was published by an account named "Ardian Lushtaku" on December 28, 2019.
In the description of the photo published by the account "Ardian Lushtaku"It is said that it was made in Hail of Vranoc, which is located on the border of Kosovo with Montenegro. (see here)
There is also no evidence that he is a member of the KP.
After research conducted through the automated program “InVID”, hibrid.info has confirmed that the same photo has been shared on various Facebook pages since 2021. However, on those pages, this photo carried a different description, claiming that this person is a soldier of the Kosovo Security Force (KSF). (see here and here)
Analyze:
A photograph was claimed to show a member of the Kosovo Police Force performing religious rites in the snow. It was also claimed that the same was taken on the Kosovo-Serbia border.
After fact-checking by hibrid.info, it was confirmed that the photo is old, found and published by a Facebook account. The description of this authentic photo states that it was taken on the Kosovo-Montenegro border.
Also, there is no evidence that the person seen in the photograph is a member of the KP.
Based on its working methodology, hibrid.info rates this content as "Unverified".
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.