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The target of his alleged attack has still not been determined, he added. While Driver had told the taxi driver to take him to Citi Plaza in London, Ont., there is no indication that was the target and Cabana noted there was a train station near the mall.

“Was he going there to hop on the train? We don’t know yet so we’re doing the forensics on the computer, hoping that we’re going to find something there but so far we have nothing,” he said.

Ten days after Driver was killed by police in Strathroy, Ont., as he was allegedly about to conduct a bombing, the deputy commissioner provided a detailed update on what investigators now believe happened and what they have learned so far.

Cabana said the initial tip that came from the FBI only indicated that the U.S. had “come in possession” of a video that appeared to link directly to Canada. “Probably primarily because the first few words were O Canada,” he said.

The FBI passed on about a half-dozen “indicators” of the masked man’s identity, such as that he was in his early 20s and spoke English. The RCMP went through a list of “individuals of interest” and came up with 11 suspects. Upon receiving a still image taken from the video, the list was narrowed to five.

But one of the analysts was certain he recognized the balaclava in the video. After comparing it to news photos of Driver leaving court in Winnipeg, and analyzing his eyes and the balaclava, they were fairly sure it was him.

“The moment that they narrowed down that they believed it could be Driver” surveillance teams were sent to his residence and workplace, Cabana said. While they still didn’t have confirmation, “we didn’t want to take any chances.”