This actually involves a customer who stabbed a cobbler. The real event occurred on July 20 in Chad, not the Central African Republic, contrary to the claims and photographs taken out of context.
Since July 20, 2022, Facebook accounts have been sharing images in discussion groups, purportedly showing a dramatic incident that allegedly took place in the Central African Republic. While these images are authentic, they are shared out of context and do not relate to a recent event in the CAR.
Summary of the verification:
A French-speaking Facebook page claims, with images, that: “info from 21/07/2022 showing the insecurity in Bangui’s capital, impossible to see a human treating another human this way,” accompanied by crying and astonished emojis. The photos depict a man holding a knife after committing the crime.
This information has been simultaneously refuted by a user in a comment: “Please don’t dramatize things, even if you dislike your country, have some fear of God. This happened yesterday (20/07/22) in N’Djamena, the Chadian capital,” said the user.
Beware of this distressing post resurfacing on digital social media!
Detailed Verification:
The images are out of context and unrelated to the CAR.
To verify the context of these images, it is essential to consider details such as the date, location, and geographic context of the incident, which are fabricated.
So what are the true facts?
By searching Google for the keywords “man stabbed in Chad July 20, 2022,” the same image of the man holding the knife while walking is found, filmed by a surveillance camera.
On July 20, 2022, a man stabbed a cobbler after a dispute went wrong.
The image shows a man on the ground, with an eyewitness present next to the scene, frozen and without intervention in Moursal, Chad. However, these images are unrelated to the current context in the Central African Republic.
To trace the origin, perform a reverse image search or a simple keyword search “cobbler killed by customer in Chad July 2022” on Google. This search reveals several articles with the exact date of the event, such as “Society: A Cobbler Murdered by a Customer/Tchadinfos.com” or “L’âme du Tchad – IS POPULAR JUSTICE FINALLY A SECURITY SOLUTION?” The photos show the criminal who killed a cobbler after an altercation in the Moursal neighborhood. These images were published by Chadian media and shared on Facebook.
Be wary of images and videos on social media as they may not only be false but also taken out of context.
By Princia Yalla, AFC
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