Six nabbed for spreading terror attack rumor

Six people have been detained by police in Dongguan, Guangdong province, for spreading a rumor that a commercial district in the city was attacked by terrorists.

A man surnamed Xian, who is a real estate agent, fabricated a post on Baidu Tieba, a popular online forum, claiming that some people were killed by terrorists from Xinjiang at the Diwang Plaza on March 5.

The made-up post quickly snowballed into a false alarm on the Internet, with photos of a smashed restaurant at the plaza making some jittery.

Police later found the photos,actually were evidence of a dining dispute.

Six people who spread the fake news were apprehended and received due punishments, said police.