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Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Canadian police warn of possible copycat attacks after deadly shootout in Montreal

a police officer stands near yellow crime scene tape
Montreal police work the scene of a shooting the day before on Tuesday. Photograph: Canadian Press/Shutterstock

Police in Canada are warning of possible copycat attacks after three people died in a shootout in Montreal and the assailant’s lengthy manifesto, which called for “a new bloodletting”, was posted online by a far-right outlet.

The document contains many of the hallmark grievances of the “involuntary celibacy” – or “incel” – movement in addition racist and misogynistic conspiracy theories.

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