Alleged pictures of Kobe Bryant’s body show Halloween props

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Photographs purporting to show the body of basketball star Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash last month, have been shared hundreds of times on Facebook. In reality, the pictures show Halloween props.

The photographs have been shared hundreds of times on Facebook since February 4. We’ve archived some of the posts Hundreds of Facebook users commented on the posts. Some paid their respects to the NBA icon while others condemned the publication of the graphic images. Others again said the posts were “fake”.killed alongside seven others after their helicopter crashed

AFP ran a reverse image search on Yandex and found one of the two pictures featured in the Facebook posts on the websites of companies specialising in Halloween props for TV and film.AFP tried to track down a second photograph circulating on social media. Although the cadavre in the picture resembles the “burn body” on the Halloween prop sites, we were not able to confirm this.

 

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