Reuters Fact Check on horse which allegedly died, news which was widely circulated on social media.
Totally false.
Fact check: Police horse uninjured in London protest, didn’t die of heart failure
Some social media users have wrongly claimed that a police horse used by a mounted police officer attending an anti-racism protest in London has died of heart failure.
The posts can be seen ( here , here , here , here and here ).
“Sadly the horse that was attacked on Whitehall has passed away of heart failure,” reads a caption alongside the post, referring to the London district where the British government offices are located.
The posts incorporate a low-resolution version of a Press Association photograph, which can be seen here . The picture dates from June 6 and the caption reads: “A bicycle is thrown at mounted police on horseback in Whitehall following a Black Lives Matter protest rally in Parliament Square, London”.
During the June 6 protest, a police officer suffered injuries after falling from her horse, which then bolted and knocked over another woman ( here ).
However, the Metropolitan Police said reports of the horse’s death were false.
“The horse, which was uninjured, made its way back to the nearby stables,” a police spokesman said in an email.
www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-horse-idUSKBN23H2FI