Pages and accounts on social media circulated a report claiming that state-affiliated forces killed "Ibrahim Harmoush," director of the "Enji" charity, in central Homs.
The fact-checking team contacted an official source at the Homs media directorate, who stated that the identity of the perpetrators is still unknown, confirming that security forces arrived at the scene as soon as the incident occurred, and that investigations and search efforts are still ongoing to uncover the circumstances of the crime and identify those responsible, with no evidence so far implicating any specific party.
Why is this claim misleading?
A false connection: The claim pre-empted the results of the investigations and attributed the crime to government-affiliated forces while the identity of the perpetrators remains unknown and the competent authorities are still working, directing the accusation at a specific party without any evidence of its involvement.
