Terror suspect killed post raid in Canada

The suspect was killed during a police raid in a small Ontario town, a TV channel reported on Wednesday. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said in a statement they had identified a suspect in a national security threat and taken action to ensure the safety of the public. No further details were provided. Intelligence sources said the suspect was Aaron Driver, who was arrested last year for openly supporting the IS militant group on social media. The sources declined to be identified because they did not have permission to speak to the media. 

The sources said Driver, who also uses the alias Harun Abdurahman, lives in Strathroy, Ontario, a small community some 225 km southwest of Toronto. Driver’s death was not yet officially confirmed. Reports on Twitter late on Wednesday said police had raided a home in Strathroy in relation to the RCMP threat incident. Reporters on the scene later tweeted that the coroner had arrived and a body bag had been loaded into an official vehicle. 

A newspaper, citing family members, reported that Driver was shot by police after he detonated a device, wounding himself and another person. There was no immediate confirmation of that report. Driver had not been charged with a crime but in February he was placed on a peace bond, a court order that restricted his movements, required that he stay away from social media and computers and not have contact with IS or similar groups. He said in February he did not think Canadians should fear him.