Incident Date:
October 21, 1961
Incident Successful: No
Location: Trail, 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- Business(Industrial/Textiles/Factories)
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: "10/21/1960: An arson attack during the night destroyed a sawmill operated by four Orthodox Doukhobor brothers near Trail, causing damage estimated at $200,000. Trucks had been placed across the road to prevent fire-fighting apparatus from reaching the property. Logging equipment, including a $35,000 truck and a $12,000 loader, was driven into the flaming buildings. The buildings were drenched with fuel oil and ignited by matchlit wicks. A police spokesman noted that this was an arson method favoured by Sons of Freedom (SOF)."
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. 208."
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. 10"
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