The
mangled vehicle was photographed after radical Islamist convert Aaron Driver
detonated a bomb before being shot dead by police.
Aaron Driver, 24, was confronted by
police in a dramatic stand off after he triggered the explosive device
injuring himself and another person in Strathroy, Ontario.
Images released by
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police show the fabric of the car was torn to
pieces, windows were blown out, and its structure blackened.
Driver, a Muslim
convert, was fatally shot by police yesterday, with officers saying he had a second device that he was going to detonate, CBC
News reported.
Canadian police said
they received information of a potential terrorist act earlier on Wednesday and
launched the operation to capture Driver.
The incident was
also said to have stemmed from a video Driver made in which he threatened
an attack on a “major city”, intelligence sources told Reuters.
An internal
government memo obtained by CTV News, said Driver had allegedly planned to
use an IED to cause mass casualties by carrying out a suicide bombing mission
in a busy public space.
His family confirmed
Aaron had been involved in the attack with his father Wayne Drivertelling National Post: “Yes, it was Aaron, my
son, who was shot and killed earlier today.
“Our worst nightmare
has come true. As sad and shocked as I am, it doesn’t surprise me that it has
come to this. Aaron was a good kid who went down a dark path and couldn’t find
the light again.”
He said he was told
by authorities that a taxi driver had been injured in the initial explosion.
Neighbours said they
heard explosions and gunshots during the operation that involved SWAT teams and
a bomb squad.
Mark and Julie
Lagerwerf, who have lived in the area for 20 years, said they had just got home
when police told them to go inside and stay there.
Mark Lagerwerf said:
“It’s surreal. I don’t know how else to describe it. Shocking.”
Other neighbours
said there were about 25 marked and unmarked police cars in the area.
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