Incident Date:
August 19, 1961
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Champion 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: 3 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "08/19/1961: Three Sons of Freedom (SOF) were convicted on charges of arson after an attack on two Doukhobor homes. Fire bombs were placed at the homes after dark. The owners escaped as their property ignited. The bombers used pocket watches, batteries and gas from their car to fill the bombs. This was the first of two attacks carried out on the same night by the three arsonists."
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. 207."
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