Incident Date:
December 24, 1961 08:00
Incident Successful: No
Location: Grand Forks, 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- Transportation (Other than aviation)(Bridge/Car Tunnel)
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: "12/24/1961: At 8:00 a.m. a security guard discovered an explosive device planted in order to blow up a Canadian Pacific Railway bridge that was located in a Grand Forks residential area. The device consisted of two plastic bags, each containing three sticks of dynamite, detonating wire, a pocket watch and a flashlight battery. The charges failed to explode because of a defective timing device."
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. 212."
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