The information portal "reporteri.net" today (August 8) published an article about a physical attack on members of the Kosovo Police in Pristina. The published article is titled "Four police officers beaten, Pristina resident arrested".
After fact-checking, hibrid.info has confirmed that the title of this article is misspelled.
The article published by the news portal “Reporteri.net” raises suspicions regarding a physical attack on Saturday around 19:00 (August 6) against four Kosovo Police officers by a person due to failure to comply with orders. The article in question refers to the 24-hour report of the Kosovo Police.
Excerpt from the article published on the portal "reporteri.com":
A person has been arrested after allegedly physically assaulting four police officers on Saturday around 19:00 p.m.
According to police, the suspect initially ignored the orders of police officers, and then attacked them.
The injured have received medical treatment at the UCCK. Meanwhile, by decision of the prosecutor, the suspect has been taken into custody.
Link to the article published on the portal "reporteri.net":
This information has also been published on the information portal "orainfo.net" (see here).
From the content and parts published in the article, it is clear that we are dealing with a physical attack on police officers by a person who, by decision of the prosecutor, the suspect was taken into custody. The claim that these police officers were beaten by that person does not stand, based on the 24-hour report of the Kosovo Police:
ATTACK ON AN OFFICIAL, Rr. Agron Rrahmani, Prishtina, 06.08.2022 – 19:18. A Kosovar male suspect has been arrested, after he initially disobeyed the order and then physically attacked four police officers. The injured have received medical treatment at the UCCK. By decision of the prosecutor, the suspect has been taken into custody.
The claim that a person beat four members of the Kosovo Police cannot be substantiated with the facts presented in the content, since the only source of information is the 24-hour report, which does not state such a thing. Therefore, the police report does not provide any clarification on the form of the attack.
Also, the linguistic aspect of the use of the terms is wrong because the term attack according to the dictionary means "I jump on someone to hit them" (see here), while the term beat used in the title means "hit someone with a palm, stick, etc. (as punishment)" (see here).
To further clarify the fact that the police officers were attacked and not beaten, the correct reporting by some Albanian-language media confirms this. (see here, here)
Analyze:
The information portal "reporteri.net" has published an article regarding a physical attack on Kosovo Police Service officers by a person due to failure to comply with orders.
However, this portal claimed in the title of this article that these police officers were beaten and not physically attacked by a person.
After verifying the facts, hibrid.info rates this article as "Error".
Reasoning:
The "Error" rating is given to media reports in which the media editorial staff made a mistake by publishing incorrect information or broadcasting unverified news from another source, without the clear intention of misinforming the public.