Claim
An eagle disrupts live coverage of Azimio la Umoja One Kenya presidential flag bearer Raila Odinga’s rally after it grabbed a drone flying above the stadium.
Users on social media wondered if this was a real photo or if it had been photoshopped.
This is in fact a genuine photograph of an eagle catching a drone. It was captured in March 2016 by photographer Koen Van Weel and shows a trained eagle from the “Guard from Above” company wrapping its talons around a drone during a police exercise in the Netherlands.
On August 6, 2022, the photo went viral, with claims that an eagle had grabbed a drone filming the final Azimio la Umoja Campaign rally, disrupting live coverage of the event at Kasarani Stadium.
An eagle disrupts live coverage of Azimio la Umoja One Kenya presidential flag bearer Raila Odinga’s rally after it grabbed a drone flying above the stadium.