🇱🇰 Old photo of Sri Lankan kite festival misrepresented as 'anti-government protest tactic'
Below is a screenshot comparison of the image in the misleading post and the photo published by the Daily Mirror :
Screenshot comparison of the image in the misleading post and the photo published by the Daily Mirror 'Tense', but no kitesuploaded to Facebook on July 13, 2022 shows the military helicopter flying low over a crowd of protesters at the same demonstration. There are no kites seen in the clip. A Sri Lankan photographer who witnessed the protest but did not wish to be named told AFP that protesters did not fly kites to disrupt the military helicopter.
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