Incident Date:
August 31, 1962
Incident Successful: No
Location: Creston, 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- Food or Water Supply(Food Supply)
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: "08/31/1962: An unexploded bomb was found near a grain elevator. An explosive substance was closed in a three-inch rubber pipe, 1-foot in length; the fuse was attached through the side of the pipe. The Sons of Freedom were suspected of targeting grain elevators because they wished to prevent the sale of grain to non-Doukhobors on the grounds that it was materialistic."
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. 225."
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