An image from a AI-generated video, falsely linking a teenager to the murder and attempted murder of two men outside a spaza shop in Driftsands. The family of an 18-year-old say their lives have been shattered after an AI-generated image falsely linked their son to a deadly shooting, in which one men was killed and another wounded in Driftsands,adjacent to Khayelitsha. Police are investigating a case of murder and attempted murder after two friends were shot while buying food at a local spaza shop last month.
The victims were waiting for their order when a vehicle pulled up, and three armed men got out and opened fire at random. The teenager’s family say the video, with AI generated images, has seen the teen facing threats and they feel unsafe in their own home. The ordeal began on Sunday, March 15, as the family was preparing to leave for church.
“A neighbour came to our door and told us there’s a video circulating, and people are saying it’s our child,” the family said. “She kept insisting that the (shooter) is our son. We could not believe it.
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It was as if our world stood still. We all froze.” The claims relate to a widely shared video showing a fatal shooting outside a spaza shop in Driftsands, where 19-year-old Litha Govuza was killed. In the footage, two voices can be heard, with one person allegedly instructing another, who carries out the shooting.
The suspects’ faces are not visible in the video. The family believes that image was created by someone that knows them and used their son’s photos – the widely shared image has now been interpreted as real. “People are treating that image like it is a fact.
They are sharing it everywhere and saying they are looking for him, but he is not in the picture. It’s something someone created,” they said.
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