Fake image of Sikh man is now being used to accuse him of the Nice attack
A Photoshopped picture of a Canadian Sikh man who was wrongly identified as one of the terrorists behind November's Paris attacks has surfaced again in the wake of Nice.
Last year, Veerender Jubbal, Canadian journalist, took a selfie while holding his iPad up to his mirror.
After the Paris attacks, a doctored version of the image showing Jubbal wearing a suicide vest with a Quran in place of the tablet was widely shared on social media.
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A major Spanish newspaper, La Razon, even printed the image on its front page.
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The image was debunked by social media users and by Jubbal, who took to Twitter to clarify the misunderstanding.
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Jubbal said he believed he was attacked due to to his criticism of the controversial GamerGate movement.
Following the Nice attack, the image surfaced again on social media:
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Simran Singh, a friend of Jubbal, debunked the picture again and called on people to end rumours:
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The majority of Twitter and Reddit posts stressed that the image was a hoax:
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The account that shared the fake image, @officalsamhyde, was later suspended. It appears similar to the another account, @silentmammal, that popped up shortly after the suspension of @officialsamhyde.
Both accounts carry references to Sam Hyde, a comedian with some ties to Gamergate.
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