Suspect dead after RCMP confront terror threat in Strathroy, Ont.: source
OTTAWA — Terrorism suspect Aaron Driver was killed in a confrontation with police in the southern Ontario town of Strathroy, The Canadian Press has learned.
Driver, originally from Winnipeg and in his mid-20s, was under a court order not to associate with any terrorist organization, including the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
The RCMP said it received credible information of a potential terrorist threat earlier in the day.
A suspect was identified and the “proper course of action has been taken” to ensure that there was no danger to the public, the carefully worded statement said.