A homemade bomb set off last week by a Canadian man who was apparently inspired by Islamic State, failed to fully detonate, a senior police official told the National Post newspaper on Saturday. The RCMP could not immediately be reached for comment on the newspaper report.RCMP could not immediately be reached for comment on the newspaper report. Driver, who also used the alias Harun Abdurahman, was arrested last year for openly supporting Islamic State on social media, but was never charged with a crime. Islamic State militants control parts of Iraq and Syria and they have supporters and sympathizers around the world who have carried out attacks on civilians in several countries. It required he stay away from social media and computers and not have contact with Islamic State or similar groups.

Source: dna August 21, 2016 05:43 UTC