Old video from Mexico City falsly linked to English singer Liam Payne’s Death
Famous English singer and Ex-member of One Direction Liam Payne died in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina after falling from the third floor of a hotel Balcony. Following the singer's tragic death, a video is widely being shared on social media claiming to be the singer's final moments as he fell to his death from balcony.
You can see one of the claims below:
X Video of English singer Liam Payne falling to his death.User wrote:
"Heartbreaking News: We are deeply saddened to learn that Liam Payne, 31, has tragically died following a balcony fall in Argentina. Our thoughts and condolences go out to his loved ones and fans."
However, the video is actually from September 2023, when a man in Mexico City jumped to escape a fire, but it has been falsely linked to the death of singer Liam Payne.
Fact Check
We applied Google reverse image search on the key fragments from the video and it led to a video from September 2023 from Mexico. Acording to a news article published on 13 September 2023 by a website named Regeneracion, the video was captured when a man jumped from third floor after fire incident in the building and was taken to nearby hosptial for medical attention.
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Conclusion:
Hence, it clear that an video from Mexico has been misleadingly shared with context to the tragic death of English singer Liam Payne.