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The gunman's mention of the meme was a nod to those in-the-know about internet culture – a fringe part of which helped foster his extreme anti-immigrant and Islamophobic ideology

fans in Bangladesh placed posters of the popular YouTube star around their local neighbourhood A link to the Facebook Live video was first posted to the controversial online messaging board 8chan, where several links to his manifesto were also posted.

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