Incident Date:
November 22, 1961 01:15
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Genelle, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators: Sons of Freedom (SOF)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Utilities(Electrical transformers/substations/ power lines)
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: "11/22/1961: A group of bombers attempted to bring down a 15 pole hydro line at Genelle. The bombers set charges under 15 poles, and sawed others, so that they would topple when the explosives felled the targeted poles. Five poles were blasted at 1:15 a.m., but the other charges failed (180 sticks of dynamite were recovered from the charges which failed to detonate). Electric detonators were used. Damage was estimated at $1150. This incident was one of a series of attacks on two consecutive nights. Hearings on Sons of Freedom (SOF) depredations had just opened in Creston, and the explosions were attributed to the 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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