Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
Articles were published claiming an attack on the Serbian Police in the village of Parada near Kursumlija in Serbia, two days before the publication of these contents.
Content published on Friday (February 6) by Serbian-language media claimed that it was about several attackers of Albanian nationality who fired more than 100 bullets at the Serbian police and fled towards the territory of Kosovo.
Texts with this claim have been found published in several media outlets such as "novosti.rs","blic.rs","b92.net","world.rs","pravda.rs","dnevnik.rs”And“resetka.rs".
Is the claim correct?
Hibrid.info found that despite reporting by Serbian-language media, there is no official confirmation from institutions in Serbia, either about the event or the perpetrators.
The articles also claim that security forces encountered fallen trees blocking the road, preventing them from moving further.
Within these articles, for this claim, the authors have not referred to official or public sources. Apart from the nationality of the suspected perpetrators, which in these reports is claimed to be Albanian, there is no data on the number of suspects or their identity.
Because there was an alleged attack on the Serbian Police, which is a subordinate institution of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of this country, hibrid.info has researched the website of this ministry.
In the reports of this information source, no publication has been found confirming the event that occurred (see here).
Hibrid.info has also found articles published in other Serbian-language media outlets, where the event was reported. In “telegraf.rs”And“euronews.rs"The same allegations were made, but without specifying the nationality of the suspected perpetrators."
This claim was also reported by Albanian-language media, which emphasized in the headlines and within the content that it was a claim by Serbian-language media (see here and here).
Analyze:
The claim that the perpetrators of an attack on the Serbian Police near Kursumlija are Albanians has not been confirmed.
The media outlets that reported the event did not refer to official and public sources and did not publish information about the identity of the suspects.
Also, the event has not been confirmed by official institutions in Serbia.
Based on the working 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.