Famous English singer and Ex-member of One Direction Liam Payne died in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina after falling from the third floor of a hotel Balcony. Following the singer’s tragic death, a video is widely being shared on social media claiming to be the singer’s final moments as he fell to his death from balcony.
You can see one of the claims below:
However, the Fact Crescendo Findings show that an unrelated image from another recent incident which happened in Balochistan province of Pakistan on 10 October, has been shared with context to the recent mass killing of Afghan refugees by Iranian Forces.
Fact Check:
We applied Google reverse image search on the key fragments from the video and it led to a video from September 2023 from Mexico. According to a news article published on 13 September 2023 by a website named Regeneracion, the video was captured when a man jumped from the third floor after a fire incident in the building and was taken to nearby hospital for medical attention.
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Conclusion
Hence, it is clear that a video from Mexico has been misleadingly shared with context to the tragic death of English singer Liam Payne.
Title:Old video from Mexico City falsly linked to English singer Liam Payne’s Death
Written By: Fact Crescendo TeamResult: Altered
