Incident Date:
February 28, 1979 03:00
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Facility/Infrastructure Attack
Weapon Type(s): Incendiary (Blunt Object)
Organization Type:
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Business(Bank/Commerce)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 2 involved, 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "02/28/1979: At 3 a.m., an arsonist threw a Molotov cocktail through the rear window of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) branch at 3010 Main. The bombing forced the temporary closure of the branch due to smoke and water damage to windows, carpets, a computer terminal, and other furnishings. This was the city's 15th firebombing since 10/21/1978. Laborer Archie Glen Houchen and student Kenneth Gordon McLaren were arrested after attempting to set fire to another bank on March 3. No damage was caused, except for broken window, because the wick fell out from the gasoline bomb."
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. 409"
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. 91"
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