Bomb threat shuts down Ohio city hall after Trump spreads baseless migrants rumor

City officials were alerted to a bomb threat via an email that was sent to ‘multiple agencies and media outlets’ on Thursday morning. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

The city of Springfield, Ohio, has closed down its city hall due to a bomb threat issued to multiple facilities.

Springfield has been the subject of national attention in recent days after Donald Trump’s campaign and rightwing Republicans amplified a false social media rumor of the community’s Haitian immigrants eating local pets. There is no evidence to back up the claims.