MADRID: Spanish police said on Friday (Aug 28) they had arrested a man near the northeastern city of Zaragoza, who believed the coronavirus ...
Police tape is seen in a swing in a playground after the Catalonia government imposed new restrictions to control a new coronavirus disease outbreak in Lleida, Spain July 4, 2020. REUTERS/Nacho DoceMADRID: Spanish police said on Friday they had arrested a man near the northeastern city of Zaragoza, who believed the coronavirus pandemic to be a hoax, for inciting hatred and violence across several anonymous social-media profiles.
Passing himself off as a government official, police said the suspect allegedly made calls to nursing homes, hospitals and football clubs to spread false information about the pandemic.Police were able to trace the man, described as a"grave danger" to public health, to a location just outside Zaragoza, the regional capital of Aragon.
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