Incident Date:
December 30, 1961
Incident Successful: No
Location: Slocan, 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- 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: 3 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "12/20/1961: An incendiary device, consisting of a car tire, a flashlight battery, a flash bulb containing gasoline, and a gunny sack, were recovered from under Lemon-Creek bridge near SIocan. The cold may have prevented its activation. Three young members of Sons of Freedom (SOF) were convicted for this incident, and each received a five-year prison term."
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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