A week after the car plowed into the crowd during Liverpool FC’s victory parade, the scene of joy turned into horror, and British police named the suspect Paul Doyle.
That’s what Doyle from the Liverpool area is. charging It intentionally causes serious physical harm and six other serious counts.
In the incident last Monday, nearly 80 people, ages 9 to 78, were injured, and at least 50 people were treated in hospitals.
There was a city celebrate Liverpool’s 20th Premier League title when the driver plows the fans. Police believe the ambulance has tailed to hand over the road block to Water Street, which was closed for the victory parade.
Merseyside police quickly revealed the suspect’s nationality and ethnicity a few hours after the attack, describing him as a 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area. Shortly afterwards, they ruled out the terrorist attack as a motive for the attack, saying they believed the man acted alone.
Experts praise Police intervention to quickly fill in “information blanks.”
The attack in the British town of Southport last July – a 17-year-old young girl murdered three young girls – sparked wild spread of disinformation about the suspect’s identity, leading to violent street riots.
Experts say that last week, a Liverpool car launched speculation and acted quickly amid the incident that defeated the incident to avoid anxiety.
But despite the rapid action of police, speculation and false claims about the suspect have spread rapidly on social media a few hours after the crash.
No, this is not a suspect
The social media post was shared Monday evening, claiming it would show screenshots of the “real” driver of a Ford Galaxy car plunged into the crowd after police revealed the 53-year-old boy was taken into custody.
A post shared on Monday at 21:46 local time said, “According to the original report, he said he was 53 years old and white. These reports seem to be wrong. This is the driver of the van. He’s young and definitely not white.
The same claim has been reproduced in posts on X, Facebook and Instagram, incorrectly claiming that police are hiding the driver’s true identity.
The allegations were false and Merseyside police confirmed that the man in the photo was taken away from the Euro that he was not a suspect.
Although some posts relaying false claims remain on X, a social media platform owned by Elon Musk, community notes do not warn users that the information is not true.
I tracked the man’s screenshot to a Tiktok Video It was shared from a Liverpool parade that same night.
The man jokingly enters the police car and can be seen wearing a police hat. Tiktok users point out in comments on the video that he is incorrectly signaled as the driver of other social media posts.
According to an analysis by Euroverify, this Tiktok video was filmed place Located on James Street in Liverpool city centre, closed for the Liverpool FC parade information It suggests that the club provided it and was filmed during the May 26th celebration.
Those suffering from police are not suspects
Another video widely shared online shows a man struggling with police on the ground at the scene of the incident.
The man was mistakenly taken into police custody as a “53-year-old white, British man,” and social media users have claimed that he is not the driver of the vehicle.
“Apparently the man on the floor is a 53-year-old white man who was arrested, not the driver!” one Facebook post claims.
The location of the scene was identified as Water Street in the city centre of Liverpool, where the crash occurred. The image matches the supported image of the crash scene.
But the argument is wrong. Merseyside police confirmed with Reuters that the man depicted in the video is not a suspect in custody.
Euroverify detected further unconditional claims about the suspect, including several posts claiming that he is a member of the British police and that the cover-up is ongoing to hide his identity.
The suspect has since been identified as a former Royal Marine, the father of three and a local businessman.
