A man killed during a police raid at his home in the Canadian province of Ontario was an ISIL supporter and was in the final stages of launching an attack with a homemade bomb.<br /><br /> That is according to police, who say they had received credible information – including a so-called “martyrdom video” – from US authorities, indicating that Aaron Driver was planning to strike. <br /><br /> “Based on this information, the attack was supposed to take place within the following 72 hours and was likely to target an urban centre – either during morning or afternoon rush hour,” said Mike Cabana from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).<br /><br /> Driver died after detonating an explosive device in the backseat of a taxi as police closed in on him.<br /><br /> The RCMP had said on Wednesday that he was fatally shot by police, but at Thursday’s news conference the police could not say if he died as a result of the detonation or as a result of being shot by officers.<br /><br /> Driver was arrested last year for openly supporting ISIL on social media. <br /><br /> He was not charged with a crime, but a court order was imposed – requiring him to stay away from computers and not to have contact with militants.<br />
