Incident Date:
December 31, 1962
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Trail, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type:
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: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "12/31/1962: A new terrorist strike in the Kootenays was disclosed when a power company official said a tree was felled across company lines disrupting power for several hours. The disclosure was made by W.K. Gwyer, general manager of the West Kootenay Power and Light Company. Gwyer said a terrorist bomb felled a 100 foot tree across the company's lines running west from Trail to the Okanagan. Power was disrupted in Grand Forks for three hours and to Western points for half an hour."
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. 20"
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