Did U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn put down a wreath honoring dead terrorists on Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles? No, of course not. That claim was made by a satirical website mocking the recent controversy about Corbyn laying a wreath or attending a ceremony for Palestinian terrorists. The terrorists and the terror incident mentioned in the article are fictional: they come from a movie. Don't fall for it.
The story originated from an article published by NewsThump on August 14, 2018 titled "Jeremy Corbyn laid wreath for Hans Gruber outside Nakatomi Plaza" (archived here) which opened:
Jeremy Corbyn caused huge controversy last night, as pictures emerged of him laying a wreath for terrorists associated with the 1988 Christmas Eve incident at Nakatomi Plaza.
Mastermind Hans Gruber was described by Corbyn as "a decent guy" before he called for action to be taken against John McClane, the police officer who took on the terrorists alone during the incident.
Corbyn was in Los Angeles as part of a wider trip in search of peace in the region and was invited to the ceremony by supporters of Gruber and his family.
Users on social media only saw this title, description and thumbnail and they might have thought it was a real story about a real incident:
Jeremy Corbyn laid wreath for Hans Gruber outside Nakatomi Plaza
Jeremy Corbyn caused huge controversy last night, as pictures emerged of him laying a wreath for terrorists associated with the 1988 Christmas Eve incident at Nakatomi Plaza.
Corbyn was indeed involved in a controversy about him being present at a wreath-laying ceremony but it was for different terrorists entirely.
Corbyn defends presence at memorial for Munich Olympics terrorists
Jeremy Corbyn has said he was present but not involved at a wreath-laying ceremony for members of the group that carried out the Munich Olympics massacre, who were killed in Paris in 1992.
The terrorist Hans Gruber and his attack on a building on Nakatomi Plaza in L.A. are fictional: they appear in the 1988 movie "Die Hard" starring Bruce Willis:
Die Hard (1988)
Directed by John McTiernan. With Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson. John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save his wife Holly Gennaro and several others that were taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
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