Incident Date:
February 25, 1962
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Wynndel, 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: Yes
Target Information
1- Private Citizens & Property(Houses/Apartments/Residence)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 2 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: 02/25/1962: Sons of Freedom (SOF) committed arson against a residence in Wynndel. Two Freedomite women were chanting hymns in the nude at the house fire and were arrested. RCMP believe it was an act of revenge between rival Doukhobor factions. The fire was ignited by by oil or gasoline and caused about $700 damage to the interior of the house.
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. 15"
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