Incident Date:
January 09, 1977 07:00
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Passmore, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators: Sons of Freedom (SOF)
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Incendiary (Arson/Fire)
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Private Citizens & Property(Public Areas (e.g., Public garden, parking lot, garage, beach, public buildings, camps))
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 29 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "01/09/1977: At around 7 a.m. an attempt was made to burn a community hall at Passmore in the Slocan Valley. The RCMP arrested 29 Sons of Freedom Doukhobors , 24 of which were women. The SOF were to be charged with arson on 10 January. In March of the same year, 27 of the accused received suspended sentences of two years for conspiring to commit arson. The other two charged individuals were given stays of proceedings when they failed to attend the trial due to ill health. "
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. 284."
2) RCMP Chronology. p. 6.
3) "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. 89"
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