“A toddler (Alan Kurdi) was murdered to start a fake propaganda in order to push refugees into European countries.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 30 Aug 2020.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
According to news articles, the men involved in the human trafficking incident which eventually resulted in the sinking of the boat in which Alan Kurdi was present, were sentenced for the crime of “killing with eventual intent” and nowhere in the article it is mentioned that the toddler was murdered
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 30 August 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 3 September 2020, 4 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/107524907296990/photos/a.108043993911748/347174063332072/?type=3…
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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.