Incident Date:
March 06, 1962
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Riondel, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators: Sons of Freedom (SOF)
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
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: 6 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "03/06/1962: The Doukhobor Sons of Freedom (SOF) sect bombed an electrical power tower in the vicinity of Kootenay, British Columbia and caused $500,000 damage to the tower and cable. Bomb suspected to have been nitroglycerin. There were three explosions. Six members of the group were arrested. "
References: 1) "Mickolus, Edward F. (1980). Trasnational Terrorism: Chronology of Events, 1968-1979. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 57."
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. 15"
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