Incident Date:
January 01, 1978
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Mission, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Unarmed Assault
Weapon Type(s): Primitive/Melee (Rope)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Private Citizens & Property(Race/Ethnicity Identified)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 1 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "01/01/1978: A prominent Sikh realtor was found hanging in a vacant house in Mission, B.C. He had been tortured. He was apparently a casualty in a power struggle for the control of a temple in Clearbrook, B.C."
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. 405"
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