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Italian 'journalist' reportedly behind fake Archbishop Desmond Tutu tweet

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Social media post decried as fake as Tutu Legacy Foundation says The Arch is alive and well.

Senior reporterArchbishop Desmond Tutu at his 90th birthday Eucharist service at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town on October 7 2021. File photo.As reports of the “death” of SA Nobel peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu shook the country on Wednesday, the Twitter account which broke the news has been revealed to be fake.

Twitter reflects the account as having been created in August, with its first tweet being posted on Wednesday.Twitter The page states that in 2012, a hoax announcing the death of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad created a global rise in the price of oil. In response to the news of Tutu’s alleged death, the Tutu Legacy Foundation tweeted: “The Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation can confirm that this is not true, it is fake news. @TheDesmondTutu as well as Mrs Leah Tutu are still with us. Thank you.”

 

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