Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
Through a post on Telegram, it is claimed that the perpetrators of the robbery of a church in Cernica of Gjilan are Albanians, who have taken items worth around 900 euros.
This claim was published on the social media Telegram by the Serbian-language channel "BUNKER” (BUNKER) dated February 21.
What is known so far about this event?
After research conducted online by hibrid.info, it was confirmed that the perpetrators of this crime are still unknown.
Hibrid.info has found that the first media outlet to report on this event is the one in Serbian.rtvpuls.com". In this media outlet's reporting, the ethnicity of the perpetrators of this crime is not mentioned.
Other Serbian-language media Kossev.info, has contacted the Kosovo Police of the Gjilan region for more details about this case.
"The Kosovo Police was notified of the case, went to the scene to conduct investigations, and the public prosecutor ordered the opening of a case for aggravated theft.", said the spokesman for the Police in Gjilan, Ismet Hashani, in a telephone conversation with Kossev.
Serbian language channel on Telegram "BUNKER"(BUNKER) first claimed, without any facts, that it was Albanians who looted the church in Cërnica. Later, the same claim was shared on Facebook by the Serbian-language page "Kosovo and Metohija Independent site" and in X from the account “@KosovoJeSerbia0", also in Serbian.
Analyze:
A post was shared on social media such as Telegram, Facebook and X claiming that Albanians had looted the church in Cernica, Gjilan.
However, the Kosovo Police, contacted by the Serbian-language media outlet Kossev.info, said that they were notified of this case and that the prosecutor has ordered the opening of a case for aggravated theft.
So, it is still not known who the perpetrators of this crime are or what ethnicity they belong to.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates the claims made on social media as "Conspiracy Theories".
Reasoning:
"Conspiracy theories" are considered to be informational content that contains a false or unverifiable description of a phenomenon, event or person, presenting it as part or the result of a secret plan ("conspiracy"). The characteristic of these contents is that they present a series of claims, presented as facts, between which cause-effect relationships are established, without providing any reliable evidence.