Incident Date:
May 31, 1981
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Dunsmuir, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators: Direct Action
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Leftist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Utilities(Electrical transformers/substations/ power lines)
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: 05/31/1981: Direct Action bombed Dunsmuir substation of B.C. Hydro. The attack resulted in approximately $45 million damage. Four electrical installations were damaged. Direct Action claims responsibility. They also claimed responsibility for a hit on a similar reactor on Texada Island which Hydro thought was a victim of a lightning strike.
References: 1) "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. 101"
2) EIAD
3) Eco-terrorism Database
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