'Sahil Omar': A forever criminal falsely linked to US shooting
Source: Agence France-Presse
'Sahil Omar': A forever criminal falsely linked to US shooting
Issued on: 15/02/2024 - 21:29
2 min
Washington (AFP) – "Sahil Omar" is 44, an illegal immigrant and has a Muslim-sounding name -- an apparently fictitious punching bag falsely linked to a slew of US crimes including the latest mass shooting in Kansas City.
Two juveniles were among the suspects detained after a mass shooting on Wednesday at the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl victory rally, which left one person dead and 22 wounded, police said.
But self-styled sleuths on social media sites, including Elon Musk's X (formerly Twitter), falsely identified one of the shooters as "Omar."
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This name has been falsely linked to a host of other high-profile incidents -– from an explosion at the US-Canada border crossing at Niagara Falls in November to a deadly shooting the following month at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
It was unclear whether a real "Sahil Omar" exists.
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