Several Albanian-language news portals that reported on the murder that occurred on June 14 in Pristina have mistakenly posted a photo of another person, claiming that he is the person who was killed.
That the photograph is the image of another person, who has the same first and last name as the murdered person, was confirmed after the reaction of the family members of the person seen in this image, who contacted hibrid.info, providing clarification that the person in the photograph is alive and is from Albania.
While the person killed, Blerim Daci, in Pristina is a citizen of North Macedonia, more precisely from Skopje. (here)
Links to the article published in several online media in Albanian:
Also, on a Facebook page called "Gazeta Urbane", which published this photo, the person in question himself reacted, clarifying that he is healthy and well in Albania. (see here)
After research conducted through online search engines, it has been confirmed that the person in this photograph (Blerim Daci) was convicted in England in 2016 for drug cultivation (here), but who is not the same one who was killed on June 13 in Pristina.
That the murdered person is another person, but by chance he happened to have the same first and last name as the aforementioned person (Blerim Daci) is confirmed by his photograph, which was published in several media outlets that reported on this murder. (see here and here)
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Analyze:
Some online media outlets have mistakenly published a photograph of another person, claiming that he is the person killed in Pristina on June 13.
This incorrect claim appears to have occurred because the person in the photograph and the murdered person have the same first and last name.
Also, another fact is that the person killed was a citizen of North Macedonia, while the person seen in the photograph is from Albania.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info assesses this article published by online media in Albanian as "Unverified Content" and "Error".
Reasoning:
The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.
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.