The position of street lights and traffic lights, the
alignment of palm trees and deciduous trees
filmed in the video from 4:00 onward line up with
the satellite view of Banco Carrefour’s north-western corner, as shown in the above white circles.
The large building with two prominent protrusions
atop the roof (circled in red) also aligns with a
building we see in the distance as the convoy of security vehicles disappears from view. This matches
the direction of traffic evident in the satellite image above, and the account given by an eyewitness of the vehicles driving south toward Adjamé.
One piece of video evidence (above), however, did
not match the satellite imagery. We counted three
large deciduous trees as the convoy entered the
roundabout; Google Maps shows just two such trees.
The video was filmed in 2011 and the satellite images
were dated 2013, so perhaps a tree was cut down. So
we looked through historic satellite images on Google Earth. Images from 2009 show three large deciduous trees stood at this corner of the roundabout.
The third, missing tree from the 2013 satellite imagery is outlined in the above image. (It
has been flipped 180 degrees from north to south). Judging by this view, we can see that the
camera position was directly across the road. I later spoke with a reputable source known
to Storyful who is familiar with the video, and who had visited Abobo to report on the “massacre.” The source confirmed this was the camera angle.
Date
The date of the shooting is corroborated by several independent reports and videos shared
on social media. These are found retrospectively through a variety of searches: on Twitter,
on Topsy or Topsy Pro (which allows a date range to be set), and on YouTube with results
ordered by upload date.
Some of the steps I followed:
•
I used historical Twitter search14 to generate leads by scrolling back to results from March 3,
2011, onwards.
•
I examined Tweets and questions about the event and found this15 and this reply16. These
sources are potential witnesses, or people who could identify witnesses. The first source lists
her location as Cocody, Abidjan, and the second one as Abidjan.
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