Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
It was alleged that on Saturday (August 3rd) in a car accident that occurred in Veternik, two people were injured, one of whom was reported to be a member of KFOR.
The article with this claim was published by several online media outlets such as "Sinjali.com" and "Botasot.info".
What did KFOR say?
In a response to the media outlet KlanKosova.tv, the NATO mission in Kosovo announced that there are no KFOR members involved in this accident.
Links to articles published on the information portals "Sinjali.com" and "Botasot.info":
Excerpts from articles published on "Sinjali.com" and "Botasot.info":
Car accident in Veternik, Pristina, seriously injures two people – one a member of KFOR
The BMW was seriously injured, resulting in injuries to the driver - a member of KFOR - and the passenger - a foreign citizen.
The NATO mission in Kosovo, in a response to KlanKosova.tv, denied that any of their members were involved in this self-accident. (see here)
"According to our data, we do not have any KFOR members involved in this accident."
What did the Kosovo Police say?
The police spokesperson for the Pristina region, Flora Ahmeti, confirmed that two people were injured as a result of a car accident that occurred on Saturday in Veternik. However, it was not mentioned that one of them is a member of KFOR.
"The injured persons have been sent for medical treatment. The Traffic Unit is handling the case.", she said. (see here)
Analyze:
It was alleged that on Saturday, two people were injured in a car accident in Veternik, one of whom was reported to be a member of KFOR.
However, the NATO mission in Kosovo denied this, saying that "According to our data, we do not have any KFOR members involved in this accident."
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info assesses the article published on the portals "Sinjali.com" and "Botasot.info" as "Unverified Content".
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.