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Viral story of Ukrainian teen attacking Polish girl — what fact-checkers found
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Viral story of Ukrainian teen attacking Polish girl — what fact-checkers found

A widely-shared claim that a 16-year-old Ukrainian stabbed a 12-year-old Polish girl spread rapidly online, sparking anti-Ukrainian comments and political attacks on the government. Journalists fact-checked the story and found significant discrepancies in key details, including the nationalities of the alleged attacker and victim and the course of events. The narrative was amplified politically as an argument in the migration debate.

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