China News Service, Zhengzhou, July 21 (Reporter Liu Peng) In response to online reports that the Zhengzhou Zoo caused alligators to escape due to heavy rain, the Zhengzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau issued a rumor on the afternoon of the 21st, saying that this was false news.
On the 20th, Zhengzhou City was hit by heavy rain.
In the night of the same day, some netizens issued a document saying that due to heavy rains, water and electricity were cut off at their homes, and that there were crocodiles downstairs and could not go downstairs.
The post was also accompanied by a picture of a crocodile suspected of being in a flood, which aroused online attention.
On the afternoon of the 21st, the Zhengzhou police issued a report stating that the above-mentioned information was false and the pictures provided were not local pictures. Please do not spread rumors.
The police said that in the face of disasters, they should abide by the bottom line of civilization and refrain from fabricating and disseminating false information.
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