Incident Date:
December 02, 1961 01:15
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Pend d'Oreille, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators: Sons of Freedom (SOF)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Time Fuse)
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: "12/02/1961: Explosive charges were placed at the line at Pend-d'Oreille (near the Waneta hydro plant) in an attempt to knock out the power-line serving the giant smelters of the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company at Trail, B.C. Seven out of the eight dynamite charges detonated at 1:15 a.m., but the line was not severed. Twenty-eight sticks of 40 percent Forcite dynamite, a six-volt lantern battery, and a travel alarm clock that failed to detonate were recovered near one pole. Damage was estimated at $4,200. Newspaper accounts attributed the attack to the 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. 209."
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