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Chelsie Napiza

Viral Story Claims Kneecap Concert Caused Hospital Deaths In Cuba By Draining Power Grid — Debunked

Trump claims ‘honour’ of taking Cuba amid island blackout (For Illustration Purpose Only) (Credit: Matthuias Oben: Pexels)

A viral claim blaming an Irish rap group for Cuban hospital deaths is fiction — the real killer is a US fuel blockade.

Social media posts circulating this week alleged that a concert performed by Belfast hip-hop trio Kneecap in Havana consumed so much electricity that it collapsed Cuba's national power grid, killing patients on ventilators at a Havana hospital.

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