Reports that went viral on social media Wednesday morning about explosives found near the site of former President Donald Trump’s rally on Wednesday night in New York are false, law enforcement officials say.
The reports, which were amplified by popular accounts on X, claimed that explosives were found in a car near Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, where Trump is expected to address nearly 15,000 rallygoers.
“Reports of explosives being found at the site are unfounded,” said Nassau County Commissioner of Police Patrick Ryder. “There is a person who is being questioned who may have been training a bomb detection dog near the site. The individual with the bomb dog falsely reported explosives being found and that individual is currently being detained by police.”
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