Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
""Skënderbeg, the national hero" heads to Dortmund for the Italy - Albania match," reads the caption of a video published on June 16.
The video material was published by the official Klan television page on Instagram.
This video shows the statue of Gjergj Kastrioti - Skanderbeg, being transported by a vehicle.
What is the truth about this video?
After fact-checking conducted by hibrid.info, it was confirmed that the video is old (May 4) and shows the statue of Skanderbeg being transported to the city of Gjakova.
Link to the video material published on Instagram by the Klan television page (rtvklan):
In addition to the Klan television Instagram page, the same video was also found published on June 16 on the official Facebook page of the Albanian Minister of Interior, Taulant Balla, which bears the caption “??????????????? ALL FOR DORTMUND” (see here and archived here)
After research conducted through the automated program “InVID”, hibrid.info managed to find the same video material published on May 4 on the official Facebook page of the portal “Indeksonline.net”. (see here)
The caption of this post from the "Indeksonline" page reads: "The septuagenarian of the national hero, Gjergj Kastrioti-Skenderbeu, departs for Gjakova."
The Shtator of Gjergj Kastrioti – Skanderbeg was inaugurated in Gjakova on May 4. (see here and here)
Analyze:
After checking the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that a video showing the bust of Gjergj Kastrioti - Skanderbeg being transported to the city of Gjakova, was falsely presented as being transported to the German city of Dortmund for the Italy-Albania match.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this 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.