Incident Date:
November 22, 1961 02:00
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Winlaw, 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(Public Areas (e.g., Public garden, parking lot, garage, beach, public buildings, camps))
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: "11/22/1961: Four Sons of Freedom (SOF) bombed a community hall, built just 11 months previously by non-Doukhobors in the hamlet of Winlaw. They left a bomb (composed of eight plastic bags which held three gallons of gas) under the single-storey wooden building. It was timed to go off at 2:00 a.m. The bomb comprised a flashlight battery, an alarm watch, and a flash camera bulb. The fire demolished the building causing damage estimated between $1600 and $2000. The group had originally intended to attack a highway bridge, but feared that a heavy snowfall would douse the bombs. The four men were subsequently convicted and sentenced for this incident, receiving terms ranging from five to seven years."
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. 209."
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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