The Wikipedia page on false flag operations lists a couple of similar things, including some in the Algerian civil war where government agents pretended to be Islamist terrorists. So it doesn’t seem to be unheard of.
(In the present case, I think it’s awfully unlikely.)
The Wikipedia page on false flag operations lists a couple of similar things, including some in the Algerian civil war where government agents pretended to be Islamist terrorists. So it doesn’t seem to be unheard of.
(In the present case, I think it’s awfully unlikely.)