RT says news on Morocco’s royal family fabricated

Russian news website denies any connection to fabricated news on Moroccan King Mohammed VI’s isolation of his brother Moulay Rachid after he tried to assassinate Crown Prince Moulay Hassan.

LONDON – Russia’s news website RT said on Sunday that it had no connection a fabricated post on social networks alleging Moroccan King Mohammed VI’s isolation of his brother Moulay Rachid after he tried to assassinate Crown Prince Moulay Hassan.

The Russian website said in a statement published on its website that a post attributed to RT on Facebook entitled "A resounding scandal ... the isolation of Mohammed VI's brother after he tried to assassinate the Crown Prince" was fabricated and had no connection to the site, as evidence that the link accompanying it2 does not lead to our site, and the type of font used differs from the type of font used on Facebook.”

RT called on its followers to check such news by logging into its Facebook and home page.