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The RCMP is looking into whether the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant’s claim of responsibility for the Paris attacks was made by a Canadian, a spokeswoman for the police force said Tuesday.

Staff Sergeant Julie Gagnon said the RCMP was “following up” on reports the English-language audio recording issued by the terrorist group sounded Canadian.

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“What I can tell you is that we are aware of the reports and are following up,” she told the National Post, responding after she was asked whether the RCMP was investigating whether a Canadian had made the ISIL statement.

A Public Safety Canada spokeswoman, meanwhile, said “we do not generally discuss operational matters related to national security” but that police and security agencies “continue to monitor the situation in Paris very closely.”

The morning after the coordinated killings that left 129 dead, ISIL released a series of written and audio statements in Arabic, French and English that said “a group of believers from the soldiers of the Caliphate” were responsible.