Incident Date:
February 01, 1962
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Castlegar, 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)(Train/Train Tracks/ Trolley)
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: "02/01/1962: An empty Canadian Pacific box car sitting at a pulp mill near Castlegar was blown up, along with a section of railway track in the same area. The bomb was placed on a steel cross sill underneath the car. Pieces of a pocket watch were found at the scene. Damage was estimated at nearly $200. Police believed the bombings were in protest against the sittings of a special Assize Court in Nelson, where more than 40 Sons of Freedom (SOF) were then being tried on various charges."
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. 215."
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. 13"
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