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Montreal police have arrested a suspect in connection with a video posted online this week that threatened Muslims in Quebec.

Police spokesperson André Leclerc said a 24-year-old man was arrested in Montreal North at 1 a.m. Wednesday. Police searched the man’s home on Monselet St. The man could be charged as early as today, Leclerc said.

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The video, which was posted on YouTube, shows a man in a Joker mask expressing his frustration with Muslims and Arabs in Quebec, adding that if the government won’t do anything about them, he would. He added that he was not alone and that there was a group of people who would help him carry out his threat.

While brandishing what appears to be a pistol, the man threatens to kill one Muslim or Arab every week, starting next week.

Laurent Gingras of the Montreal police said that if anyone sees a threat or is threatened, they should immediately alert the police.

The online threats come amid rising tension following the deadly attacks in Paris. A mosque in Peterborough, Ont. was set ablaze over the weekend and on Monday in Toronto, a Muslim woman was attacked outside an elementary school as she went to pick up her son.

Toronto police said that attack appeared to be “motivated by hate.”

With files from Canadian Press