Purportedly AI-Generated Images Allegedly Linked Sami Lushtaku to Banjska Attack Suspect Milan Radoičić

May 16, 2026

The Facebook page ZËRI Shqiptar reportedly published AI-generated images purporting to show Sami Lushtaku, the mayor of Skenderaj, Kosovo, traveling in a luxury car with Milan Radoičić, a former Serb List official accused in connection with the 2023 Banjska attack on Kosovo police. The reportedly AI-generated images appeared amid a political dispute after Vetëvendosje officials accused Lushtaku of assaulting Hysni Mehani, the party's local leader in Skenderaj. …through JOIN US.

Alleged deployer: zeri-shqiptar-(facebook), information-manipulation-actors-in-kosovo, information-manipulation-actors
Alleged developer: synthetic-media-generation-technology-developers, image-generation-technology-developers, deepfake-technology-developers
Alleged harmed parties: voters-in-kosovo, voters, sami-lushtaku, epistemic-integrity, democratic-integrity

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