This will almost certainly NOT be done deliberately. This is a common meme. It always turns out false or not proven (because it's false). See Tasmania and foxe

This will almost certainly NOT be done deliberately. This is a common meme. It always turns out false or not proven (because it's false). See Tasmania and foxes. It is an effective technique to harm the population, but since there is no terror it makes for crappy terrorism. You'd need an informed public for this to work.