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Who was Seth Scott Hatfield? Montreal shooting suspect was a 25-year-old 'incel' follower; shocking manifesto surfaces
Seth Scott Hatfield, 25, was identified as the Montreal shooting suspect. Police fatally shot him after he allegedly killed an officer and a civilian.
Seth Scott Hatfield, a 25-year-old follower of 'incel culture,' was identified as the deceased suspect in the shooting in Montreal, Canada, on Monday afternoon. Hatfield was identified as the suspect by the coroner of Quebec on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported.
He was "neutralized" by the responding police officers after he fatally struck a police officer and a civilian in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood. The Quebec coroner said that Seth Scott Hatfield was a resident of Alberta province.
No further details about the alleged suspect were provided by the police in Montreal or the coroner's office. Neither were details around the suspect's motive revealed through official channels. However, officials speaking on the condition of anonymity revealed to CBP Canada that a manifesto with shocking details of the alleged suspect's link to incel culture was found.
Incel culture is an online subculture made popular by figures like Andrew Tate targeting men who are unable to find romantic partners. It promotes toxic misogyny, biological determinism and a resentment towards the society at large.
Those deceased in the shooting on Monday were identified as Michel Mizrahi, 68, a local community leader who was a bystander and fell victim to crossfire and 34-year-old Montreal police officer, Mohamed Lamine Benredouane, who died on the line of duty.
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Shocking Details of Manifesto
As of now, no details surrounding the suspect's motive have been released by the officials. When asked about it, Quebec Domestic Security Minister Ian Lafrenière refused to comment on the matter saying that it remains under investigation.
However, the Associated Press reports citing an official speaking on condition of anonymity as the individual was not authorized to speak on the matter, revealed shocking details about the manifesto allegedly found in Seth Scott Hatfield's possession.
The official claimed that the manifesto detailed the suspect's links to "involuntary celibacy", a common feature of the incel ideology. It also allegedly contained warnings to police departments across Canada about similar attacks to the one that took place in Montreal.
“A lot of people are being recruited, young people," Montreal's Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada said. "They are not on the street, they are in a difference space, which is much harder to control. That’s something that we’re going to have to be working on with the Montreal police in the future.”
She, however, did not confirm anything on the suspect's alleged link to incel culture or around the motive behind the shooting.
