Sky News bombarded with Ofcom complaints after confusing Chris Kaba protests with mourners for Queen

Lots of of individuals complained to Ofcom over the Sky Information error (Image: Handout/Sky Information)

Sky Information has been swamped with Ofcom complaints after incorrectly referring to Chris Kaba protests as a crowd paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.

The broadcaster was met with fierce backlash on September 10 for making their strategy to  to pay their respects to the late monarch, who died on September 8, aged 96.

Kaba was shot and killed by a  officer earlier this month, at simply 24 years of age.

His ‘devastated’ household organised a variety of demonstrations, beginning at Parliament Sq. and heading to Scotland Yard, together with one on September 10, with the likes of Stormzy displaying up.

Clips of the protest have been aired on Sky Information, with anchor Sarah-Jane Mee saying: ‘The load of this historic second has been felt right here on the gates of Buckingham Palace.

‘1000's of individuals nonetheless arriving to pay their respects to the Queen’.

Protesters marched in London on September 10 following Kaba’s homicide (Image: PA)

Demonstrators have been mistaken by Sky for mourners paying tribute to the Queen (Image: PA)

Nevertheless, viewers have been fast to name out her mistake, branding it ‘shameful’ and ‘disrespectful.’

Mee later apologised for her error in a tweet, writing: ‘I’d prefer to personally apologise to these concerned. We're overlaying the march and it’s significance later in the present day.’

In an announcement issued to , a Sky spokesperson added: ‘We apologise for a mistake made earlier in the present day which by accident misidentified aerial photos of a protest march for Chris Kaba as a big gathering paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth II. We've additionally issued a correction on air to make clear the footage beforehand proven’

The protest occurred within the aftermath of Queen Elizabeth II’s dying (Image: Getty)

Tv watchdog Ofcom has since confirmed that 598 individuals complained concerning the incident.

Kaba, , was killed whereas unarmed on September 5 following a police pursuit which resulted in Streatham Hill, south London.

He grew to become concerned in a police chase when an automated quantity plate reader flagged that the automobile he was in might have been linked to a firearms offence.

Armed police swooped on the car after hemming it right into a slim road, however a search later revealed Kaba was not armed.

An inquest into his dying will likely be opened on October 4.