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On 9 December 2015, a Facebook user published the status update reproduced below; it read: Contemporaneous rumors spreading in Missouri claimed suspicious purchases of large quantities of cell phones and thefts of propane tanks portended an imminent Christmastime attack. That rumor was debunked when local law enforcement confirmed the cell phone purchases were not related to violent criminal activity, and were instead the work of re-sellers. On 14 December 2015, the web site America's Freedom Fighters published the photo in an article titled ALERT: Muslim Men Caught Purchasing Mass Quantities of THIS at Home Depot... This CAN’T Be Good. It said: The above-excerpted portion referenced the photograph, purportedly taken in Miami on 9 December 2015, along with thefts of massive amounts of propane tanks in that same area and a massive cache of ‘volatile explosives’ ... discovered, again in the same area. It's worth noting that the incidents cited occurred in and around Lebanon, Missouri, a distance roughly 1,300 miles from Miami. We contacted Home Depot's media relations department to inquire about the photograph. They told us: The origin of the photograph was unclear, but Home Depot confirmed that neither large purchases nor thefts of propane tanks were reflected in their inventory records. As such, the claim is false.
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