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Fake and AI-manipulated images spread online in the hours after a mass shooting in Krakow, and Deutsche Welle's fact-check unit examined which images and claims were real and which were not. The false material fuelled misleading narratives about the attack. Poland's justice minister said the 24-year-old suspect was 'fascinated' by Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik and had read a significant amount of material about Breivik and other far-right figures, according to Deutsche Welle. Speculation over the suspect's motives has prompted a bitter political feud in Warsaw. The fact-check covered the disinformation response and did not add casualty figures.
Show Warsaw on the mapSources:Deutsche Welle