Fact check: Morocco earthquake not caused by ‘laser weapon’
17 September 2023 |
4:41 pm
Did strange flying objects or a mysterious laser weapon trigger the devastating earthquake in Morocco? This absurd theory is circulating through social networks — and is, of course, wrong.
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