Several portals in Kosovo have incorrectly reported on the indictment filed against two people for poisoning over 1,500 citizens in Deçan and surrounding villages.
Portals such as "Fakteplus.net" and "KlanKosova.tv" have reported that an indictment has been filed against four people, while the content states that it concerns two people.
In a press conference, the prosecutor in the case, Dorjan Juniku, said that after an intensive investigation lasting several months regarding the poisonings, he has filed an indictment against two officials as responsible persons of the regional company Hidrodrini in Peja.
"After an intensive investigation lasting several months in the criminal case related to the case known as the poisoning of over 1500 citizens in Deçan, today, February 7, 2022, I have filed an indictment against two officials as responsible persons of the regional company Hidro Drini in Peja, the director of the technical department for the criminal offense of "Causing general danger" and against the chemist of the same company for "failing to avoid danger", said the prosecutor in this case, Dorjan Juniku.
Link to the article published on the "Fakteplus.net" portal:
During research through the Google search engine, Hibrid.info found that "KlanKosova.tv" also made such a mistake, but later corrected it.
The link to this article published with improvements by "KlanKosova.tv" can be found here. here.
Analyze:
Portals such as "Fakteplus.net" and "KlanKosova.tv" have incorrectly reported that an indictment has been filed against four people for the poisoning of over 1,500 citizens in Deçan and surrounding villages, while the content states that it concerns two people.
"KlanKosova.tv" subsequently corrected this error, but during a Google search, the link to this article remained unchanged.
After fact-checking analysis by hibrid.info, it appears that this article is considered an "error".
Reasoning:
The "Error" rating is given to media reports in which the media editorial staff made a mistake by publishing incorrect information or broadcasting unverified news from another source, without the clear intention of misinforming the public.