Wrote: Etrit Rexhepi
Two videos have been published that allegedly show footage of law enforcement forces in Kosovo.
In the footage published by an account named "VukFeNix" on the social network "X" (formerly Twitter), moments of incidents involving people wearing police uniforms are seen, who are alleged to be members of the Kosovo Police.
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Hibrid.info's findings show that in fact, the footage shows events that occurred with police officers who are not from Kosovo.
While in one video A police officer is seen accidentally shooting himself in the hand, second look shows the moment a police officer falls while entering a police car from the back.
The first video was found, through the automated search program “InVid”, published with the description indicating that it is about a police officer from India, who really accidentally shoots his hand with a gun (see here).
While the other video was found published in 2023, on a website with content in Chinese, for whom it cannot be confirmed that they are members of the Kosovo Police Special Unit, as claimed (see here). In fact, the vehicle seen in the video has the inscription SWAT on the side, an acronym for Special Weapons And Tactics, which is a special unit of the American police. There are similar units in other countries around the world, such as Austria, Brazil, Canada, India, and others (full list of SWAT teams).
Analyze:
The claims that this is about the Kosovo Police, in two accidental moments shown through videos, are incorrect.
Hibrid.info has found that one event occurred in India, while the other is not confirmed to have occurred in Kosovo.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses this content 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.