Canadian killed by police converted to Islam after troubled childhood


  • World
  • Friday, 12 Aug 2016

A video of Aaron Driver, a Canadian man killed by police on Wednesday who had indicated he planned to carry out an imminent rush-hour attack on a major Canadian city, is projected on a screen during a news conference at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, August 11, 2016. REUTERS/Chris Wattie

WINNIPEG/TORONTO (Reuters) - Aaron Driver, the man killed during a Canadian police raid at his home on Wednesday as he was allegedly planning an attack, converted to Islam in his teens some time before his support for Islamic State attracted the attention of authorities.

Driver, who would have turned 25 next week, was living under a so-called peace bond that barred him from using social media and required him to undergo religious counselling when he was shot during a police raid in a small Ontario town.

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