Did a Nigerian military helicopter get shot down in southeastern Nigeria? No, ErinKFlanagan found the pictures of damaged helicopters used in this false post are from a crash in Texas and a stock photo website.
“One zoo helicopter down, no flying zone has been activated still they want to try to see what we can do, we are dealing with them,” reads theThe account behind the post has a history of publishing content sympathetic to a Nigerian separatist group called the Indigenous People of Biafra and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
The post, which has been viewed more than 11,000 times, shows two images of damaged helicopters. On the left, the helicopter is destroyed after crashing on the ground. The second shows a helicopter still in the air with smoke billowing out of it.
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