Incident Date:
July 30, 1961
Incident Successful: No
Location: Spencer Mill, 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: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "07/30/1961: Unknown persons attempted to set fire to a woodshed on a Doukhobour homestead at Spencer Mill, five miles west of Grand Forks. Bottles containing gasoline were found at the scene. The fire was discovered and was quickly extinguished. No damage was done. This was part of a series of incidents which occurred on 07/30/1961, apparently in retaliation for the purchase of land by the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ one week earlier."
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. 206"
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