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A man with ties to Quebec far-right groups discussed staging a fake terrorist attack to “wake up” people in the province and encouraged his peers to start training with firearms.

In private chat logs obtained by the Montreal Gazette, a man calling himself Phénix le Patriote wrote that “(there) would have to be a fake terrorist attempt” to “scare the hell out of” Quebecers.

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He followed the post by adding, “don’t worry … many actions coming up.”

Phénix also shared an image of targets he had fired on with a 9-mm and .22 calibre pistol at a shooting range in Joliette. Alongside the image, dated Jan. 22, 2018, he added the caption, “do as I do brothers.”

That comment was met with the reply, “Great job, Patriote. Keep your aim true” from another member of the private chat.

The logs belong to a fringe right-wing group that calls itself Patriotes du Québec and includes members of Storm Alliance, Le Front Patriotique du Québec and Atalante Québec.