DISINFO: German tank desecrated Jewish cemetery in Kaunas
SUMMARY
A German NATO tank desecrated Jewish cemetery in Kaunas.
RESPONSE
Disinformation attack against NATO Enhanced Forward Presence battle group in Lithuania.
Such incident did not take place. The disinformation message appeared in an online blog and contained doctored images, supposedly portraying a German NATO tank in the cemetery. The disinformation message was promptly debunked by the Lithuanian media and the representatives of Lithuanian Jewish community. Read more about the informational attack here (in Lithuanian). See previous instances of disinformation attacks on NATO troops in Lithuania: German soldier serving as part of a NATO mission to Lithuania raped a teenage girl and a child died during NATO military exercise in Lithuania