Is it possible to create links with 'target=“_blank”' in GitHub Flavored Markdown?

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I was wondering if it's possible to create links that open in a new tab in GitHub Flavored Markdown like this <a href="https://www.example.com" target="_blank">test</a> . How would I be able to do this?

Thanks in advance.

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Looking at this answer here it seems that this is not possible, as Github does not include the target attribute even in plain HTML.

As for what I believe is the reasoning, I found this issue on github while browsing, which says that when target="_blank" is used without rel="noreferrer noopener", it can present a severe security vulnerability.

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