Pictured: Ohio’s Haitian immigrant community has faced threats from right-wing elements in recent days. \AFP

[Ta Kung Pao News]According to ABC reports: The Trump camp has recently hyped up the false statement that “Haitian immigrants eat pet cats and dogs”, exacerbating racial conflicts. On the 14th and 15th, Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio, received two threatening emails targeting the Haitian immigrant community and canceled all offline classes on the 16th due to safety concerns. The FBI has been involved in the investigation.

Wittenberg University received an email threatening to shoot Haitian students on the 14th, and another email threatening a bomb attack on the 15th. The school issued a notice stating that the school police are cooperating with the Springfield Police Department and the FBI to conduct an investigation. All on-campus activities were canceled on the 15th, and all classes were conducted online on the 16th. The school reminds students, faculty and staff to be vigilant on campus.

The FBI issued a statement saying it is sharing information with Wittenberg University to determine whether the shooting and bomb threats are true and to take appropriate investigative action. Local Haitian residents said they feared for their safety. Ruby, a pastor who is a Haitian immigrant, said he hopes politicians who spread false statements can withdraw their statements and restore peace to the community.

Springfield’s Haitian immigrant community has received multiple bomb threats in recent days. The Springfield city government and the Ohio government have repeatedly refuted the rumors, pointing out that the “cat-and-dog eating theory” is pure rumors, but some right-wing people continue to spread rumors. On the 15th, Trump’s running mate Vance insisted in an interview that such remarks were not unfounded and “helped attract people’s attention to local social issues.”