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TORONTO — An ISIL supporter detonated a bomb in a taxi after he was cornered by police on Wednesday, a source familiar with the investigation said, adding investigators were still trying to determine where he was heading.

Aaron Driver had exited his home in Strathroy, Ont. and was in the cab when he apparently decided to trigger the bomb. He was injured but survived and was shot dead before he could detonate a second explosive device.

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The taxi driver survived with minor injuries, several sources said. According to PostMedia’s Jennifer Bieman, who has been reporting from the scene, he worked for Leo’s Taxi and had been called to the home at about 4 p.m.

“He was told to stop and get out of the car and he had to do an army crawl. They cleaned him up at the scene. He just had scrapes on his arms,” said Brenda of Leo’s Taxi in Strathroy, who declined to give her last name. “He was terrified. It’s not every day in a small town you see something like this.”