Incident Date:
May 24, 1962
Incident Successful: No
Location: Phoenix, 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- Telecommunication(Telephone/Telegraph)
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: "05/24/1962: A forestry worker found 40 sticks of dynamite under the telephone-television tower in Phoenix, BC, ten miles southeast of Greenwood. The explosives were bound together with stove-pipe wire and attached to two of the tower's four legs. There were two common detonators, along with seven feet of safety fuse to each. The fuse burned to the detonator and went out, failing to set off the main charges. Had the bombing been successful, it would undoubtedly have caused a great deal of damage and disruption; the tower itself was worth $800,000."
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. 223."
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