Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
A TikTok account named "mtrks25" published (March 25) a video showing footage of gunfire.
The author of this publication has placed the caption "Alarms sound after gunfire at the border", also attaching labels claiming that it is about an event that occurred in Kosovo.
After verification by hibrid.info, the same footage was found to have been published earlier by other sources, which indicate that the footage shows fighting in Ukraine, and the claim of gunfire on the border in our country has not been confirmed by official authorities.
Based on the number of followers (11,300) of this TikTok account, hibrid.info estimates that a significant audience may take the claim for granted (here).
Link to the video material published by the "mtrks25" account on TikTok:
Through research using the automated program “InVid”, hibrid.info found the same video published a day earlier (March 24) on an account named “miltokcover”, which mainly publishes footage related to the war in Ukraine (see here).
Even for the video in question, the description given by the account "miltokcover" indicates that the footage shows moments of fighting in Ukraine (see here).
To further refute the above claim, hibrid.info has researched and checked the websites of official institutions in Kosovo, from which no such possible event has been confirmed (see here, here, here and here).
Analyze:
The claim that there was gunfire in the Kosovo border area is not true.
Footage believed to be from the war in Ukraine was used to make this claim, and it has not been confirmed by official authorities in the country.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content as "Fake News".
Rating:
The “Fake News” rating is given to informational content that is entirely fabricated or that contains factually incorrect claims or information. Content that is rated as fake news can be defined as having been created and distributed with the intent to misinform the public, i.e., to present a claim that is completely false as fact.