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Intelligence reports distributed three days before the killing of a uniformed soldier in Quebec last October show that security officials were bracing for just such an attack due to Canada’s “enhanced profile” and the experiences of allies.

The two Threat Assessment reports raised the possibility of domestic attacks on the Canadian Forces as well as the dangers posed by ISIS-inspired extremists whose passports had been seized to prevent them from travelling to Syria and Iraq.

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“Canada has an enhanced profile on the international stage, particularly as it relates to events in Iraq and Syria,” said one report, which noted radicals opposed to federal policies had bombed a Canadian Forces recruiting centre in Trois Rivières in 2010.

A second intelligence report issued on the same day said several suspects arrested in Australia on Sept. 18 over an ISIS-linked terrorism plot “had previously had their passports cancelled because they were planning to travel to Syria or Iraq.”