One of the Canadian teens suspected in the murder of a young tourist couple — who sent photos of a swastika armband and a Hitler Youth knife to an online gaming friend — was not a Nazi sympathizer but thought it was “cool,” his dad said.

Bryer Schmegelsky, 18, allegedly sent images of the armband and knife to someone he regularly chatted with through the gaming network Steam. Another picture showed him in military fatigues, brandishing what looked like an Airsoft rifle and wearing a gas mask.

Schmegelsky’s dad, Alan Schmegelsky, told the CBC that his son brought him to a military surplus store in his hometown of Port Alberni eight months ago, and he was excited about the stock of Nazi items.

“I was disgusted and dragged him out,” the elder Schmegelsky told the outlet. “My grandparents fled the Ukraine with three small children during the Second World War.”

Still, Schmegelsky said he didn’t think his son identified as a neo-Nazi.

“He thought he was Russian,” the teen’s dad said. “Germans are their enemies.”

Both Schmegelsky and pal Kam McLeod, 19, are wanted for the slayings of tourist couple Chynna Deese, 24, of Charlotte, North Carolina, and her boyfriend, Lucas Fowler, 23, of Sydney, Australia.

They’ve already been charged with second-degree murder in absentia in connection with the death of Leonard Dyck, 64, of Vancouver.

Evan Balgord, executive director of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, didn’t buy the father’s explanation.

“That really doesn’t hold water when he’s full-on wearing a swastika armband and has swastika-emblazoned weaponry,” Balgord told CBC. “There is clearly some neo-Nazism thing going on here.”

“The swastika really only represents the one thing today and that is white supremacy,” he added. “It’s hatred targeting primarily Jews, but all sorts of other people. The Nazis did not only target Jews in their genocide.”

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have said they are investigating the photos — but it isn’t clear to what end.

Authorities said Sunday they may be closing in on the pair of teen suspects — a 3,000-mile manhunt that has horrified residents of the region.

Police said they were headed to York Landing in Manitoba after tipsters reported spotting both Schmegelsky and McLeod in the area.

Alan Schmegelsky has previously said his son is likely on a “suicide mission.”