Aaron Driver (1992-10 August 2016), also known as Harun Abdurahman, was a Canadian who convertd to Islam and became an Islamic State sympathizer.
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Aaron Driver was born in 1992 in Winnipeg, Canada, and he converted to Islam during his youth. Driver was known to be in contact with Islamic State sympathizers in England and elsewhere, and on 20 February 2015 he gave an interview to The Toronto Star (using the alias of "Harun Abdurahman") about how he knew that he was being monitored due to his support for the group. In May 2015, he was in contact with American IS supporter Elton Simpson shortly before Simpson was killed in a failed attack on an art gallery, and he was arrested and investigated many times in 2015 and 2016. On 10 August 2016, the American FBI discovered a martyrdom video featuring Driver that showed that he was going to use a suicide vest to attack a busy area during rush hour, and they attempted to stop him as he entered a taxi cab. Driver detonated a device in the cab, causing minor injuries to the driver; Driver was killed in the ensuing altercation.