Incident Date:
August 20, 1961
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Ootechenia, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators:
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: 4 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "08/20/1961: Two contiguous Orthodox Doukhobor communal settlements (Gelboff and Chevaldave) were wiped out by fires shortly after midnight. The two communities formed part of the village of Ootechenia. Twenty-six homes, barns, and workshops were razed by wind-swept flames. Sixty Doukhobors were left homeless. The arsonists jammed the village's electric water pump which rendered the fire-fighting equipment ineffective. The fires were started with bottles filled with kerosene. Damage was estimated at $100,000. Four Freedomite men were convicted on charges relating to the attack."
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."
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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