Incident Date:
April 28, 1962
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Gilpin, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators:
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(Gas pipelines)
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: "04/28/1962: During the night the Inland Natural Gas Co. pipe line was damaged by an explosion near Gilpin. The bombers dug down to the eight-inch pipe (four feet underground) before laying their charges. The explosion left a hole six feet wide and four feet deep, and ripped out a 12-foot section of the line, causing damage estimated at $4,679. This attack was the third in 11 days on the company's natural gas distribution system lines."
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. 221"
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. 17"
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