Social media was flooded with conspiracy theories after an explosion at the U.S.-Canada border involving a car near Niagara Falls on Wednesday. Two people are dead and the cause is still under investigation, but reports have gone viral claiming the explosion was caused by terrorists who were trying to target the upcoming Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. But there’s simply no evidence that’s true.
“The FBI is suspecting that the Car Bomb Explosion TERRORIST ATTACK at the Rainbow Bridge US-Canada border in Niagara Falls could have been heading directly to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in NEW YORK CITY,” far-right influencer Laura Loomer tweeted on Wednesday.
“FBI and NYPD on extreme high alert and advising no travel to NEW YORK City. THEY ARE ALSO NOW LOOKING FOR A SECOND VEHICLE! STAY OUT OF NEW YORK CITY! AMERICA IS UNDER ATTACK BY ISLAMISTS AGAIN!” Loomer continued.
The problem with this completely unfounded theory is that the vehicle was actually on the U.S. side and trying to travel into Canada. Any hypothetical terrorists who wanted to target an event in the U.S., like a parade in New York, would not be moving into Canada.
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