Working on a tip from the American FBI, Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police moved against 24-year-old Aaron Driver, an Islamic State supporter, and killed him after a tense standoff on Wednesday, before Driver could carry out a planned suicide bomb attack.
Reuters reports the raid was conducted in the small Ontario town of Strathroy, 140 miles south of Toronto. When the police confronted Driver, he detonated an explosive device, injuring himself and another person.
“I hear a bomb sound, like a ‘bang’ – I was freaking out because this is a small and quiet town,” said eyewitness Irene Lee. “All of a sudden the policemen were yelling, ‘everyone get into your houses.'”
