Incident Date:
July 30, 1961 14:00
Incident Successful: No
Location: Ootechenia, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators: Sons of Freedom (SOF)
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Incendiary (Blunt Object)
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Private Citizens & Property(Houses/Apartments/Residence)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 20 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "07/30/1961: 20 Sons of Freedom (SOF) had set out on a ten mile trek carrying 18 bottle of gas and other component parts of fire bombs. All of the bombs were set to explode at 2:00 p.m. but none of them detonated, all due to faulty wiring. All five bombs consisted of a watch, a battery, a resistance coil, matches, a wick and a bottle of kerosene, gasoline, or diesel oil. All 20 men were convicted and sentenced on charges relating to the attempted fire bombings and sentenced to jail terms ranging from three to ten years. First bombing: A faulty fire bomb was found in the store room of a private residence owned by an Orthodox Doukhobor; second bombing: A fire bomb was found in a residence owned by an Orthodox Doukhobor; third bombing: A fire bomb was found inside the Pass Creek community hall; fourth bombing: A faulty bomb was found by residents and children inside the Ootechenia community hall. "
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. 205."
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. 9"
Attached Files: