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And following the incident at 6pm, Merseyside Police was quick to state that "a 53-year-old white British man from the Liverpool area" had been arrested.

Police forces normally confirm the age of the suspect, as well as the road where they live.

The online speculation had been false - Rudakubana was born in the UK and had no direct links to Islamism.

Following the latest high-profile incident, Merseyside Police was quick to dampen speculation on social media that the Ford Galaxy driving into Liverpool fans was part of an Islamist terrorist attack, nor was it linked to newly arrived migrants in the country.

Merseyside Police was quick to seize control of the narrative when it came to the arrested man(

In a report into the Southport attacks released earlier this year, His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services said the police service should "fill the information void with the truth"

"If not, others will take over the narrative with overwhelming amounts of online content.

"And some of this may be false or harmful to the police response and the communities the police are there to protect."

But as the BBC wrote today, while Merseyside Police's communications team were quick to gain control of the narrative this time around, different circumstances could prove more complex to manage.

"What will a force do for example if the information about the suspect they are holding is unclear?," its report said.

"Even more problematically, what will a force do if they arrest someone in similar circumstances who is a recently arrived migrant or who has a clearly Muslim name?"

"There will be times when police can confirm quickly," said Helen King, former assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police