Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
Serbian language media "NIN.rs" and published on Thursday (August 14) an article claiming that the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that Serbian police had arrested two former members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) at the Horgosh border crossing, as suspects of war crimes in Kosovo.
What's wrong with this claim?
After verifying the facts, it turned out that the claim that the arrested are two former members of the KLA is not true.
Hibrid.info has found the announcement published on the official website of the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs, which states that on Thursday it arrested two people with the initials HE and BE at the border crossing between Serbia and Hungary, Horgoš, on suspicion of se in cooperation with members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) have committed war crimes against the civilian population (see here)
Announcement from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Serbia, translated into Albanian:
Members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Criminal Police Directorate, War Crimes Investigation Service, at the Horgosh Border Crossing at the entrance to Serbia, arrested HE (1976) and BE (1973) due to the existence of grounds for suspicion that they committed a war crime against the civilian population.
It is alleged that on 9 August 1999, in Rahovec, in collaboration with several members of the so-called “KLA”, with the use of physical force, firearms and serious threats to life and limb, they kidnapped a civilian of Serbian nationality, JM, and took him to an unknown destination, since which time all trace of him has been lost. JM is still listed as a missing person.
The suspects, with the approval of the public prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor's Office for War Crimes, have been ordered to be detained for up to 48 hours, after which they will be brought to the competent prosecutor's office with a criminal report.
So, based on this announcement, this ministry is not saying that these are former members of the KLA, but that they were detained under suspicion. that in collaboration with members of the KLA have committed war crimes against the civilian population.
Also, this statement does not mention the nationality of the detainees.
Analyze:
On August 14, Serbian media outlet "NIN.rs" reported that Serbian police had arrested two former KLA members at the Horgosh border crossing, as suspects of war crimes.
After verification by Hibrid.info, it was found that the claim is not true. According to the official announcement of the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the two arrested persons are suspected of having committed war crimes. in collaboration with members of the KLA.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this claim as "Disinformation".
Reasoning:
"Disinformation" is defined as information content that contains a "mix" of inaccurate sources or even half-truthful attributes, and that is created and/or distributed with the deliberate intention of causing harm. The motive behind the producers/distributors of disinformation content lies in achieving a political, financial, psychological or social goal.