經過曼城恐襲驚魂一夜後，沒想到更混亂的事兒還在後面……

最新 05-27

當地時間22日晚，英國曼城，恐怖襲擊讓無辜的人喪命，多少人失去了親人和朋友。

很多人第一時間提供幫助，比如免費打車，免費住宿，也有更多的人希望用互聯網散播信息。

然而，網路上卻出現了一些像爆炸一樣可怕的事情——假消息滿天飛。

比如，恐襲後突然爆出有恐怖分子出沒

英國《每日快報》的推特在23日凌晨時分，也就是恐襲幾小時後，發出一條消息。

「突發：曼城音樂會爆炸後不久，有「槍手」出現在Oldham醫院外」

要知道，這家醫院距離發生爆炸的演唱會僅有8英里（約合12.8公里）。

The Daily Express ran articles claiming a gunman had been spotted outside the Royal Oldham Hospital, which is situated on the edge of Greater Manchester – 8 miles away from Manchester Arena, where the terror attack took place.

還有人言之鑿鑿

「別來Oldham醫院！我被鎖在裡面了，外面的男人手裡有槍！」

Despite their headlines, which were quickly shared on social media, the stories were all seemingly sourced back to one incredibly viral Facebook post claiming a man was outside the hospital with a gun.

爆炸+槍手？連串恐襲？團伙作案？

如果是真的，那麼恐怕整個曼徹斯特都籠罩在陰影之下。但是，根據曼徹斯特警方的調查，所謂醫院外的槍手，根本是子虛烏有。沒有槍手，沒有危險，所有病人和工作人員都沒事兒。

看著事情「鬧大」，《每日快報》趕緊更新了報道，暗戳戳地否認了之前報道里有關持槍人的說法，還引用了當地政府部門的官方報道，沒有證據顯示槍手的存在，並且告知讀者「務必只相信或分享官方來源的消息」。

The Daily Express later updated its story with a new headline denying the original claim about a gunman. The new version of the article included a stern quote from Oldham council saying the local authority has "no information" to support the idea a gunman was present while urging people to "only trust or share official sources of information".

《每日快報》，沒想到你是這樣的「快報」……

關於22日發生在曼城體育館的恐怖襲擊，英國曼徹斯特警方的官方來源顯示，曼徹斯特爆炸襲擊嫌疑人名為薩勒曼·阿貝迪，來自利比亞移民家庭，在英國出生長大。警方透露，阿貝迪已在自殺式爆炸襲擊中身亡。阿貝迪可能不是單獨行動，英國警方和情報部門仍在對此調查，至今已有5名相關嫌疑人在英國被捕。不過，這幾位被捕的嫌疑人，並沒有在這間醫院製造恐怖襲擊。

現階段，英國恐怖威脅級別已從次高等的「嚴重」（severe）級上調至最高等的「危急」（critical）級。

另外，恐襲之後，網路上突然流傳開各種版本的「遇難者」名單，通常包含姓名或照片等基本信息。

《每日郵報》的官方推特賬號就分享過這樣一份圖片，名為「父母正在尋找在曼徹斯特恐怖襲擊後失蹤的孩子」。

這樣的照片確實很有號召力，能讓更多的人參與到行動之中。只不過問題也隨之出現：照片上有幾個人，跟這次的恐怖襲擊，八竿子打不著啊！

Several outlets, including MailOnline, tweeted this image of people purporting to be missing following the incident at Manchester Arena. In reality, several of the individuals featured are completely unrelated internet personalities.

比如最上面一排左起的第二個小女孩

有網友發推文：我的網友在演唱會上，而且沒有回信兒。我很擔心，如果有人看到她請告訴我。

然而，這個叫Gemma的12歲姑娘來自墨爾本，根本沒有去演唱會。她的媽媽Rachel Devine是位攝影師，一覺醒來發現自己被關切的慰問信息淹沒了。

Rachel Devine表示正當Gemma的照片在網路上傳播的時候，她本人其實安安全全地待在學校里。這位媽媽表示，希望大家明白她的女兒很安全，不過自己也不清楚誰「偷」走了女兒的照片。

Photographer Rachel Devine was shocked to see the picture of her 12 year old daughter Gemma being circulated on the internet, when she was in fact safe at school. The Melbourne mum has told the Hit Network, she just wants people to know her daughter is safe and well. "I have no idea who stole her image or why."

同樣是這張圖片，第三排左起第二個小夥子，也不是所謂的「失蹤者」。

某個推特帳號以「家屬」的身份，發布了這樣一條消息

「我兒子今天就在曼城體育館，沒有接我的電話！！拜託幫幫我。」

推特轉推超過14000，還有上百條來自曼徹斯特本地的回復提供幫助。

但實際上，這張照片只是YouTube用戶ReportOfTheWeek（名字叫John）的照片。

This picture, purporting to be from a parent desperately searching for their son, attracted 14,000 retweets on Twitter, with hundreds of replies offering advice and assistance on the ground in Manchester. In reality, it is a picture of a YouTube user who posts under the username ReportOfTheWeek.

當然，他本人在美國，而且事發後同樣收到了大量來自親朋好友的簡訊。

Later, he confirmed he was in the United States. Speaking to BuzzFeed News on Tuesday evening, ReportOfTheWeek (real name John) said he received calls, emails and messages from friends and family to make sure he was safe.

還有其他各種各樣的謠言

這張圖片說在恐怖襲擊後，蘇格蘭格拉斯哥的清真寺外出現了ISIS的標誌，然而實際上標誌出現在恐襲之前，並且已經報告給警方。

還有一條爆炸性的消息是，網友們發現推特上出現了一條疑似ISIS成員「預先警告」恐襲案發生的截圖！

感覺自己抓了大新聞的《每日郵報》立刻發推：

「推特官方拒絕解釋為什麼這條預測曼城恐怖襲擊發生的推文沒有報告給警方」

如果單從時間上來看，推特發佈於恐怖襲擊之前，所以《每日郵報》痛斥推特官方，拒絕解釋為何這條有「預測性質」的推文沒有上報警方。

Shortly after the attack on Manchester Arena a series of screengrabbed tweets predicting a forthcoming terror attack on Manchester Arena began to go viral. The tweets were timestamped between 6:28pm and 6:32pm, suggesting they had been posted around four hours before the apparent suicide bombing took place.

然而，據Buzzfeed考證，這條推文的實際發出時間為英國時間22日晚11時28分-32分之間，即恐怖襲擊之後。推特用戶實際上在美國東海岸，比英國時間晚5小時。

However, BuzzFeed News understands that the reason the tweets were not passed on to police is that they were actually sent between 11:28pm and 11:32pm UK time – well after the terror attack took place. The screengrabs were taken by someone with their Twitter account timezone set to the East Coast of the US, which is five hours behind the UK.

嗯，又被打臉了……