Incident Date:
November 23, 1961
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Unknown, 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: "11/23/1961: Sons of Freedom (SOF) bombed seven power poles leading from Consolidated Mining's generating station on the Pen D'Oreille River and tore out high voltage lines between Kootenay River hydro plant, Cominco, and Trail B.C."
References: 1) "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. 11"
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