Incident Date:
August 01, 1981
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Surrey, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators: Klu Klux Klan (KKK)
Event Type: Threat
Weapon Type(s): Incendiary
Organization Type: Supremacist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror:
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: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "08/01/1981: Forty-five Ku Klux Klan members, some reportedly armed, held a cross burning at the bank of the Fraser River in Surrey, B.C. BCRV filmed and broadcast the event."
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. 421."
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