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CLAIM: A 44-year-old migrant named Sahil Omar was identified as the suspect of an explosion at a historic hotel in Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday.AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. No such suspect is being sought in relation to the explosion, a police spokesperson told The Associated Press. Authorities say the blast “has the characteristics of a natural gas explosion,” but that the cause is still under investigation. The same name and description was used to make a similar erroneous claim about a shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, last month.THE FACTS: Following a massive explosion at the Sandman Signature Hotel in downtown Fort Worth, social media users began falsely pinning the blast on a 44-year-old migrant.