Hideo Kojima’s game studio says it’strongly condemns the spread of fake news and rumors that convey false information”will consider taking legal action in some cases’.

Police captured the shooter at the scene who was later identified as 41-year-old Tetsuya yamagami. yamagami was shot during a speech at a political campaign rally on Friday.

We do not tolerate such libel and will consider legal action in some cases. We will consider taking legal action against some cases, says # kojimaproductions.

An Internet troll on 4chan posted a racist image that links Kojima’s face with that of the shooter. Another user replied to the post with three additional pictures of the metal gear and death stranding designer in a Soviet cap.

Comedian Georges jordito reshared the images on Twitter as part of a now-deleted’satirical’ post that said the culprit was Japanese soccer star Keisuke Honda. However, a far-right French politician associated with the country’s nationalist movement, took it seriously and tweeted out images of Kojima with text translated to:’the far-left kills’.

Greek news channel uses pictures of Hideo Kojima wearing a Soviet Ushanka and joker T-shirt. Standing next to a photo of Che Guevara – saying he’s Shinzo Abe’s assassin!.