claim: these photos have circulated online since 2015
summary: claim (supported by out-of-context pictures) circulated that supermarkets in sri lanka were running out of supplies because of bulk-buying.
subject_description: supermarkets are empty in sri lanka
Motive_Description: spread fear of shortages
author_description: facebook accounts මාධ්යවේදියා (fb page of news website madyawediya), තට්ට මාමා - thatta maama, ආතල් විතරයි athal vitharai
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  මාධ්යවේදියා,
keywords: coronavirus, sri lanka, supermarket, empty, shelves