| Title: | False posts claim Canadian sniper ‘Wali’ was killed shortly after arriving in Ukraine |
| URL: | https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.327A3M8 |
| Publisher: | AFP |
| Date published: | March 31, 2022 |
| Description: | Multiple posts on Facebook have claimed that a sharpshooting Canadian sniper known as Wali was killed by Russian special forces 20 minutes after he arrived on the frontline in Mariupol, Ukraine as a volunteer fighter. However, this is false; the man, a former Canadian Armed Forces sniper, dispelled the rumours of his death during a video call. |
False posts claim Canadian sniper ‘Wali’ was killed shortly after arriving in Ukraine
Multiple posts on Facebook have claimed that a sharpshooting Canadian sniper known as Wali was killed by Russian special forces 20 minutes after he arrived on the frontline in Mariupol, Ukraine as a volunteer fighter. However, this is false; the man, a former Canadian Armed Forces sniper, dispelled the rumours of his death during a video call.
