Incident Date:
September 08, 1963 12:40
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Nanaimo, 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: Yes
Target Information
1- Business
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: "09/08/1963: A dynamite bomb ripped open the real estate office in Nanaimo, B.C. of M.G. Zorkin, a 49 year old anti-communist, ex-Yugoslavian, and former member of the diplomatic corps. Furniture was damaged, and glass was broken. Glass and parts of the front doorstep of buildings across the street were hit. Shattered a bedroom window in one building. Police think that the b...
Description: "09/08/1963: A dynamite bomb ripped open the real estate office in Nanaimo, B.C. of M.G. Zorkin, a 49 year old anti-communist, ex-Yugoslavian, and former member of the diplomatic corps. Furniture was damaged, and glass was broken. Glass and parts of the front doorstep of buildings across the street were hit. Shattered a bedroom window in one building. Police think that the bomb was a prank."
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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. 354"
2) "Ross, Jeffrey I. (1992). ATIC IV: Chronology of Domestic and International Terrorist Events in Canada, 1960-1990. Montreal, Qc...
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. 354"
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. 26"
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