Incident Date:
June 04, 1961 02:00
Incident Successful: No
Location: Nelson, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators: Sons of Freedom (SOF)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Time Fuse)
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Government(Government Buildings/Facilities)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "06/04/1961: A pocket size bomb, neatly fitted into a cigarette package, was found at 5:00 p.m. under a shrub outside the Nelson post office. The bomb was set to explode at 2:00 a.m. on 05/06/1961. It contained a third of a stick of dynamite, a pocket timing device, a penlight battery and a detonator. The dynamite was squashed flat to fit in. Police rendered the bomb harmless. This was part of a wave of Sons of Freedom (SOF) bombings committed to protest the decision of the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ to buy land from the British Columbia Land Settlement Board. The SOF felt that the ownership of property was contrary to Doukhobor beliefs."
References: 1) "Kellett, A., Beanlands, B., Deacon, J., Jeffrey, H., & Lapalme, C. (1991). Terrorism in Canada 1960-1989, User Report no. 1990-16. Ottawa: Solicitor General Canada, National Security Coordination Centre, Police and Security Branch. p. 202."
2) "Ross, Jeffrey I. (1992). ATIC IV: Chronology of Domestic and International Terrorist Events in Canada, 1960-1990. Montreal, Qc: International Centre for Comparative Criminology. p. 5"
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