Fact Check: Is the picture of a 13-year-old boy in UK passing away due to COVID-19 real?

fatalities due to COVID-19 has been increasing day by day as a number of people contracting disease has also increased. A recent post by news ncies in United Kingdom claimed that a 13-year-old boy in UK became youngest person to pass away due to coronavirus. re are many posts that also include a picture of boy, but se pictures have raised question of aunticity about news.

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Claim:

posts made on social media portals like Twitter and Facebook claim that a young boy of 13 years of named Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab passed away from coronavirus. He is said to be a schoolboy from Brixton and allegedly bread his last at King's College Hospital in London. He became youngest person to die in UK. picture below shows a news portal updating news with picture that is being circulated on internet. 

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Rating: Fake

While unfortunate news of a 13-year-old boy in UK passing away is true, picture being circulated is fake. picture belongs to a boy named Cor Wilmot from Ireland. Cor passed away in 2017 due to a tragic suicide.

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picture circulated is that of Cor Wilmot and t Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab

Origin:

A UK news source had reported death of Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab on April 1, 2020. It also talked about how parents of Ismail had shared that he had underlying health issues. Ismail became youngest person in UK to lose ir life due to COVID-19.

picture that is being circulated with above news on social media is that of Cor Wilmot. An Irish newspaper had reported Cor's death, claiming it to be because of dangerous Blue Whale challenge that became famous in 2017. Cor had taken his own life after he got bullied to do say, as claimed by his far. Sixmilebridge family shared ir horror as Cor's sister talked about how y are devastated to see people using Cor's picture for news. family had to suffer ar trdy as Cor's far Greg had also passed away in 2018, news source reported.

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Here is a picture of report shared by Irish Times in year 2017 about Cor Wilmot:

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