Article 3NM4H Who are the 'incels' and how do they relate to Toronto van attack?

Who are the 'incels' and how do they relate to Toronto van attack?

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Alex Hern
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Suspect appears to have links to misogynistic online community for the 'involuntarily celibate'

Hours before the Toronto van attack, a post on the Facebook profile of the chief suspect declared that "the incel rebellion has already begun, we will overthrow all the Chads and Stacys".

The message has brought new-found attention to the so-called incel movement, one of the stranger offshoots of the "alt right", and led to calls for the attack to be recognised as an act of far-right terrorism.

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