“Video shows a “US-owned cargo ship was just hit by a missile off the coast of Yemen!”
Social media posts
Claim dated 15 Jan 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Houthi fighters struck a U.S. container ship off Yemen’s coast Jan. 15, but several Instagram videos show footage captured in May 2021 after a fire broke out on a container ship off the coast of Sri Lanka.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 15 January 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 January 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Instagram posthttps://www.instagram.com/reel/C2IP-54AfMC/
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