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“A 15-year-old boy arrested for stealing bread and butter in a store”
Social media posts Claim dated 11 Oct 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The boy in the photo was arrested on the charges of murder, not on the charges of robbery. A 12-year-old Christian Fernandez was arrested on the charges of murdering his half brother David in Jacksonville, during the year 2011. He was in the custody till 2018

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 11 October 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 23 October 2020, 12 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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