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Websites suggest conspiracies fed accused Montreal gunman’s ‘buffet extremism’
Experts say the suspect’s accounts and playlists show “buffet extremism” and note investigators have not settled the motive.
- On Monday, a shooting outside a Montreal hotel left two officers shot; police confirmed one officer and one bystander were killed, with the shooter dying in the crossfire.
- Records link 25-year-old Seth Hatfield to Lethbridge, Alberta, where he graduated from Catholic Central High School in 2019 and studied philosophy at university.
- A 51-video YouTube playlist linked to Hatfield featured Nazi imagery and conspiracy theories, including clips by commentator Paul Joseph Watson attacking immigration and feminism.
- Sociologist David Hofmann and clinical psychologist Dr. Ghayda Hassan characterized the content as "buffet extremism," where individuals "cobble together their own ideology" from disparate theories.
- While officials caution that motives remain unsettled, Quebec media reported Hatfield wrote a manifesto expressing hatred toward women; experts urge avoiding amplification of the shooter's material.
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The Toronto Star+3 Reposted by 3 other sources
Websites suggest conspiracies fed accused Montreal gunman’s ‘buffet extremism’
Online activity suggests accused Montreal shooter Seth Hatfield watched videos about weapons, the outdoors and a tangle of conspiracy theories and grievances.
·Toronto, Canada
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Winnipeg Free Press+22 Reposted by 22 other sources
Websites suggest conspiracies fed accused Montreal gunman's 'buffet extremism'
Online activity suggests accused Montreal shooter Seth Hatfield watched videos about weapons, the outdoors and a tangle of conspiracy theories and grievances.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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A man is running amok in Canada, leaving a manifesto and arguing on the Internet: Was the assassin an Incel or rather a communist? The attack shows how difficult it is to classify new terrorism into a familiar ideological grid.This post Attack in Canada Was the assassin of Montreal Incel or Communist? was published on Young Freedom.
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