🇱🇰 Old photo shows Sri Lanka’s first PM holding grandson, not current president as a child
published in the Sinhala-language newspaper Silumina on October 21, 2018.
Titled"Meeting 'D.S' after 68 years at the Bothale mansion", the article featured a photo of the late prime minister that corresponds to the picture circulating alongside the false claim on social media.Below is a screenshot comparison of the picture in the misleading post and the photo as it appears in the Silumina article :
Screenshot comparison of the picture in the misleading post and the photo as it appears in the Silumina article The photo's caption reads:"D.S. with kids - he is carrying Rukman, seated on the tractor is Devinda. Surrounding them are children from the village."
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