‘Bearded man' wrongly identified as Liverpool crash suspect
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Despite the Merseyside Police having quickly released details about the Liverpool suspects nationality and ethnicity, users online continue to speculate about the man who drove into a crowd of Liverpool fans on Monday. An image of a 'bearded man' is being widely shared on social media that users identify as the man who injured almost 80 people in the horrific attack. We explain in this edition of Truth or Fake.
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