“A Muslim man from Azerbaijan holding an Israeli passport tried to blow himself up at a restaurant in Lisbon, Portugal with a grenade”
Social media posts
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
An Azerbaijani tourist, using a translation app, accidentally translated “pomegranate juice” to “grenade” in Portuguese, leading to confusion and him being briefly detained by police
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 9 November 2023. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/201790019609617
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This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.