FOX 17/AP – A news article being circulated around on social media regarding an incident in Michigan has been shown to be fake.
FOX 17 received a tip on a story from PoliceTimes.info about a raid on a mosque outside of Dearborn which netted 11 arrests of ISIS terrorists and other terror-related materials.
The Associated Press reports that the article first appeared on a website called ReaganWasRight. The news article quotes an official from the Department of Refugee Affairs, which is not the name of a federal agency. The photo accompanying the story was originally published in a story about Guyana three years ago.
Other reputable news outlets point out that the ReaganWasRight website has a notice that the website is meant to be satirical.
The AP also quotes FBI spokesman Timothy Wiley saying there is no truth to the report.
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From the AP Fact Checker:
NOT REAL: Late Night Raid On Michigan Mosque Nets 11 ISIS Terrorists and More Than 40 Vests
THE FACTS: FBI spokesman Timothy Wiley said there’s no truth to the report that went viral when first published on conservative site ReaganWasRight of a raid on a mosque in Dearborn, Michigan. The report said suicide vests were found and quoted an official from the Department of Refugee Affairs — which is not the name of a federal agency — as saying a terror attack was imminent. A photo of police cars that accompanied the story appears to have been first published in a story about an unrelated arrest in Guyana three years ago.
