“The Brooklyn subway attack was a false flag.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 12 Apr 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
There’s no evidence to support baseless claims that the mass shooting in a Brooklyn subway was a staged event. The attack was real.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 12 April 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 April 2022, 2 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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