Manipulated Image of a Meme Mocking Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Shared as a Photo of an Ambulance Carrying Victims of the Recent Kabul Explosion
According to published reports, on Sunday, August 11, 2024, an explosion in the Dasht-E-Barchi area of Kabul resulted in one death and left 11 others injured. The explosion was caused by a mine planted in a passenger car. After the explosion, several social media users shared an image claimed to be of an ambulance transporting […]
According to published reports, on Sunday, August 11, 2024, an explosion in the Dasht-E-Barchi area of Kabul resulted in one death and left 11 others injured. The explosion was caused by a mine planted in a passenger car.
After the explosion, several social media users shared an image claimed to be of an ambulance transporting the injured. The picture shows braided, bloody hair hanging from the trunk door of a car, with the Persian text 'Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan' visible on the trunk door.
Some users shared this photo with a caption that says “Afghanistan is a prison and a place of punishment for women”.
However, the findings regarding this image shows that this image is not related to the Kabul's explosion, but is an edited and old image.
This photo is shared on Facebook as well. The users used the same caption on Facebook as well: “Afghanistan is a prison and a place of punishment for women”.
Fact Check
Investigations reveal that this image is not related to the recent explosion in Kabul; it is, in fact, an altered and old image. The image has been manipulated, with the Persian text 'Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan' added to the trunk door using photo editing software. The original image was circulated by some online users last year, with a caption in German that reads, 'Greta?...never heard of it!' instead of the Persian text.
One of the users of 9gag.com published this picture on June 14, 2023. Simultaneously with the sharing of this image, user also published a text in German containing “It's been a long time since I heard from Greta”.
A user of X also published this image on June 16, 2023. This user wrote a Germany text containing “Greta?... nie gehört!” on the trunk door of this car in the description of this picture.
Greta Thunberg is a Swedish environmental activist known for urging world leaders to take immediate action to mitigate human-caused climate change. She is often recognized by her signature hairstyle—two braids.
While Greta has many supporters, she also faces significant opposition. In Germany, this opposition has become so widespread that her braided hairstyle is often depicted on car trunk doors alongside mocking captions. Critics frequently label her as 'stupid' or dismiss her as an 'autistic patient.'
A report on the hate directed at Greta was published by Emma.de on November 27, 2019."
The text of this website has been translated from German to English using Google Translate
Conclusion
After the explosion in western Kabul, an unrelated and old image was falsely circulated as a photo of an ambulance transporting the injured.
Title:Manipulated Image of a Meme Mocking Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Shared as a Photo of an Ambulance Carrying Victims of the Recent Kabul Explosion
Written By: Fact Crescendo TeamResult: Altered
