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An image that shows a cop aiming a slingshot during a press conference is viral with the claim that a Uganda police spokesman hit a journalist for asking an \u201cirrelevant\u201d question.<\/p>\n

The former Dutch ambassador to India, Fons Stoelinga, shared the image with the same claim. (Archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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Newly appointed Uganda police spokesman hits News reporter with a caterpult for asking irrelevant question. pic.twitter.com\/yfhelJy5H9<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Fons Stoelinga (@FonsStoelinga) March 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Twitter user @_Sir_CharlesR<\/a> shared this image and garnered over 25,000 likes and close to 7,000 retweets at the time of writing this article. (Archived link<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\u201cNewly appointed Uganda police spokesman hits News reporter with a caterpult for asking irrelevant question.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Fully Vaxxed G! (@_Sir_CharlesR) March 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Several other users have also shared<\/a> the image with the same claim.<\/p>\n

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Newly appointed Uganda police spokesman hits News reporter with a caterpult for asking irrelevant question. pic.twitter.com\/1IByYsvnjs<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Man\u2019s NOT Barry Roux \uf8ff (@AdvoBarryRoux) March 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This image is also massively viral on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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FACT CHECK<\/strong><\/p>\n

Through reverse-image search, Alt News found that this image is from a press conference held on April 12, 2021, by the Uganda police force where the official spokesperson for the Uganda police Fred Enanga<\/a> was demonstrating the use of a catapult.<\/p>\n

The press conference was about the Directorate of Crime Intelligence confiscating several factory-made catapults during its intelligence operations, that had been imported by “anti-social elements” as tools of violence. The catapults were capable of firing metallic projectiles or bearings and thus posed a serious danger to the safety and security of Ugandans. The police had urged citizens to be vigilant against such acts of violence.<\/p>\n

One can find the official press release by the Uganda police here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Prominent Ugandan news broadcaster UBC Television Uganda also covered this news<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CdBnw_fF1pU]<\/p>\n

Thus, an image of the official police spokesperson of Uganda, Fred Enanga, conducting a press conference regarding the use of catapults by “anti-social elements” was circulated with the false claim that he hit a journalist for asking an “irrelevant question”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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