Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
Photographs have been published showing snipers camouflaged in special clothing that makes them blend in with the environment, with the caption claiming that they are snipers from the Kosovo Security Force (KSF).
This content with this claim was initially published on Thursday (September 25) by a Facebook page named "Mitrovica My city". Then it was published on Saturday (September 27) by the pages of "Mendim.al”And“Pristina News".
Why is the claim not true?
Hibrid.info has found that the photographs with which the claim was published do not depict KSF snipers.
Hibrid.info has checked each of these photos separately using the automated search program "InVID".
A search for the above photo did not find any evidence that would prove which country the sniper in the image belongs to, but the results showed that the photo was found in several articles mainly related to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict (see here).
The photo on the left side of the bottom shows footage of a German army sniper (see here), while the one on the right is found in articles showing images of the Turkish army (see here).
Even for the image in the center of the bottom part, it has not been confirmed which country's army it is, but this photograph has been encountered in several cases as an advertisement for the clothes worn by the person shown there (see here).
Analyze:
Through several photographs showing soldiers with snipers, it is claimed that they are members of the KSF.
Using the automated search program "InVID", it was found that the photographs are not related to the KSF, but to the German army, the Turkish army, the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, as well as to the advertising use of camouflage clothing.
Therefore, based on these findings and through its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses the claim 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.