Incident Date:
September 08, 1962 14:00
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Grand Forks, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Incendiary (Arson/Fire)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Transportation (Other than aviation)(Bridge/Car Tunnel)
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: 09/08/1962: An act of arson destroyed a 450-foot bridge at Christina Lake that carried traffic across the Kettle River on the Trans-Provincial highway. The two-lane wooden structure burst into flames at about 2:00 p.m. The fire apparently started in the centre of the span on a piling beneath the bridge deck. The blaze broke out while a large group of Sons of Freedom (SOF) were moving from a farm field in the Grand Forks area to another field closer to town. The SOF were angry because owners of the farm where they had camped made them move on the next morning.
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. 348"
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. 19"
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