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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Reuters<\/b> – HUNDREDS of people have interacted online with a picture of a skeleton holding a gun, linking it to ongoing sanctions in Zimbabwe. But the gun has been photoshopped into the image, which also has nothing to do with Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n

The doctored photo has been shared by the same person on Facebook and Twitter \u2013 but with different captions in each post.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust examine this photograph carefully and ask yourself whether any right-thinking and patriotic Zimbabwean can ever support the imposition of illegal sanctions against our beloved country,\u201d reads the Facebook post, which has attracted more than 250 comments.<\/p>\n

On Twitter, the same person writes: \u201cIt is when I look at such emotional photos such as this one that I get fortified that my decision to make a U-turn & to start denouncing the imposition of illegal sanctions against Zimbabwe was the RIGHT DECISION.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t sell our birthright for a few pieces of silver\u201d. This tweet has been liked 162 times.<\/p>\n

However, the image is unrelated to Zimbabwe. It has also been photoshopped to include the gun.<\/p>\n

The original picture can be seen on the cover of Cliffs End Farm, an archaeology report from 2015 on an ancient mortuary and ritual site discovered in Thanet in England.<\/p>\n

Pictures of the skeleton from different angles can be seen in other reports about the same archaeological research.<\/p>\n

VERDICT<\/b><\/p>\n

Missing context. The original photo was from an archaeological site in England. It has nothing to do with Zimbabwe. The gun has been digitally added.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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