"This is the 17 years old Suspect (sic) who killed Jullebee Ranara," claims the text overlay of a TikTok clip shared on January 27.
It shows a photo of a man being tried in court and another image of what appears to be the same person.
Ranara, a Filipino domestic worker in Kuwait, last spoke to her family on January 20 and was found dead two days later in the Gulf nation, Migrant Workers Secretary Susan Ople told Philippine media.
Ople said in a separate interview with CNN Philippines that the suspect in the killing is the 17-year-old son of Ranara's employers. She did not disclose further details about the suspect.
"Dad, they gave us sentences. Mine is execution. Please don't tell mom. He told his father on the phone," text below the clip reads. It has been viewed more than 180,000 times.
Screenshot of the false post taken on February 2, 2023
The images were also shared in Facebook posts alongside a similar false claim here and here.
In reality, they show an Iranian protester who was executed in early January this year, weeks before Ranara's killing.
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