Threats, evacuated schools… Donald Trump’s fake news on Haitian migrants sows chaos in Springfield

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Disinformation – This small town in Ohio, a state in the north-east of the United States, has been at the heart of a heated controversy since Monday.

The false information spread like wildfire. Officials in the American city of Springfield announced that they had ordered the evacuation of several schools on Friday, in the context of false accusations by Donald Trump against Haitian migrants living in the town.

This small town in Ohio, a state in the northeast of the country, has been at the heart of a heated controversy since Monday, launched by the radical right and fanned by Donald Trump, who falsely claims that Haitian migrants attack dogs and cats to eat them.

Bomb alert, insults, threats…

Two primary schools have been evacuated and a middle school closed, officials announced in a statement to several media outlets on Friday. The day before, the town hall had been evacuated after a bomb alert.

Federal police are also investigating threats made Thursday night against a Haitian home in the city, said the center’s director, Viles Dorsainvil, citing insults and calls to “get out” of the community.

Trump promises ‘mass expulsions’

Although the local police have categorically denied this theory, as have many media outlets that verify information, the Republican candidate has repeated it several times since Tuesday, after (…) - 20minutes

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