False claims about the identify of the man who stabbed three girls to death in last year spurred anti-immigration riots across the country.

LONDON (Reuters) -British police have been told they can release details of a suspect's ethnicity and nationality in high-profile and sensitive cases to prevent false information being spread on social media.

New national guidance in Britain said that police should consider releasing the ethnicity and nationality of suspects when they are charged in high-profile or sensitive cases.

The Texas man who fatally shot three people in a Target parking lot, including a 4-year-old child and her grandfather, was unprovoked and opened fire randomly, police said Tuesday. Police say a 32-year-old Ethan Nieneker fatally shot a Target worker gathering shopping carts in the parking lot,

Three people were killed and a suspect was arrested after a shooting at a Target store parking lot in North Austin, police said.