Cairo man hits back at sick Twitter trolls who used his photo in missing Manchester terror attack victims posts and claimed he was chemo patient caught up in atrocity
A MAN has hit back at sick trolls after they shared a picture of him on Twitter and claimed he was missing after the Manchester terror attack.
Social media has been filled with images of fake victims that are stolen and posted by vile sickos alongside messages pretending to beg for help in finding their “loved ones”.
A man living in Cairo, Egypt, and posting under the name @young_abuudhabi, appears to have been one of those to fall victim to the sick prank.
He retweeted a post from another Twitter account which had used his profile picture to claim he had vanished after the concert at the Manchester arena.
The fake tweet read: “Please retweet to help find Abdul. He has chemo and we’re very worried. We last heard from him before Ariana’s concert #PrayForManchester.”
Just under two hours later, @young_abuudhabi replied: “I’m from Cairo and i don’t have Chemo… who tf are you? how do you know me???”
The troll account tweeted about the Manchester incident several times before sharing the photo of @young_abuudhabi.
The person behind it replied to several tweets about the horrific attack with reminders about ongoing events in Syria.
In a now-deleted tweet, they wrote: “There are children in Syria dying and you lot are crying because a few people died at an Ariana Grande concert? where are our priorities?”
They also replied to @young_abuudhabi before also deleting that tweet, simply writing: “I’m crying”
The Cairo man is not the first to fall victim to sick trolls in the wake of the terror attack which killed 22 people and wounded 59.
Twitter user @GamerGateAntifa posted a photo alleging their son was at the arena and was not answering phone calls with the tweet gaining more than 10,000 re-tweets.
The photo was of YouTube personality and Twitter user, The Report of the Week, who replied: "You’re not my Dad. And, last I checked, I’m still alive."
The user also posted a stating he was in America and not Manchester.
Twitter user, known as Emily, said: "This guy is a Youtuber. How sick that people are making jokes about this."
While another branded it as "absolutely disgusting behaviour".
Twitter user Kylie Manser shared a post that claiming that her little brother, Frank, was missing after the incident.
The message attracted more than 12,000 retweets but it emerged the photo of the boy is from a 2014 article which was published about a grandmother who had started a fashion line.
Twitter user CarrieTBow commented: "How can people troll right after a tragedy? I don't understand it."
While Shannon Rae called it "insensitive".
One user called Steve Silent tagged Greater Manchester Police and asked them to investigate.
They added: "Sickening people using fake stories to get attention during this sad time."
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Thousands of adults, teenagers and children screamed and fled in panic on Monday evening as a terrorist detonated a huge bomb – thought to be packed with nails and bolts – as pop star Ariana’s concert ended at the Manchester Arena.
Witnesses told of seeing shards of metal tearing into concertgoers in the foyer area of the world-famous concert venue – leaving dozens lying in pools of blood.
The horrific blast could he heard echoing through the packed arena as families tried to make their way home when the concert came to an end just after 10.40pm.
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Thousands who had watched the appearance fled after hearing a “massive bang” with crowds of screaming and crying teens rushing from the venue.
Witnesses told how nuts and bolts were sent flying in the blast at the foyer area as fans made their way to Manchester Victoria train station next door.
Prime Minister Theresa May has slammed the "appalling terrorist attack", which came on the fourth anniversary of the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby.
A journalist was slammed for a vile series of jokes he made about the terrorist attack on social media.
David Leavitt, from Boston, posted a series of sick messages joking about the tragedy.
US-based freelance writer David Leavitt, who claims to have reviewed games, tech, fashion and travel for major news outlets including CBS, AXS, Yahoo and The Examiner, posted the tweet to his 59,000 followers shortly after the horrifying attack.
He wrote: “MULTIPLE CONFIRMED TRAGEDIES at Manchester Arena. The last time I listened to Ariana Grande I almost died too.”
Despite being inundated with complaints, Leavitt continued the “jokes”.
He added: “Honestly, for over a year I thought an Ariana Grande was something you ordered at Starbucks.”
While being flooded with criticism, he then said: “Too soon?”
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