Incident Date:
July 31, 1961
Incident Successful: No
Location: Pass Creek, 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: "07/31/1961: An unexploded incendiary device was found in a garage in the Orthodox Doukhobor village of Pass Creek. Five similar devices had been discovered the previous day, however they had all failed to explode due to faulty wiring. This was part of a series of attacks by the Sons of Freedom (SOF) against the the Union of Spiritual Communities of Christ (USCC) or Orthodox Doukhobor community due to their recent decision to buy land from the B.C. government."
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."
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"
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