Incident Date:
October 04, 1981
Incident Successful: No
Location: South Slocan, British Columbia Canada
Perpetrators:
Event Type: Bombing/Explosion
Weapon Type(s): Explosives/Bombs/Dynamite (Unknown Explosive Type)
Organization Type: Religious,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Transportation (Other than aviation)(Train/Train Tracks/ Trolley)
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: "10/04/1981: Two attempted bombings of Canadian Pacific Railways tracks took place in BC. A dynamite bomb, which had malfunctioned and failed to explode, was found on the tracks between South Slocan and Crescent Valley. It was found on 10/04/1981 by a railway employee inspecting that section-of track, then recovered, and dismantled by CPR personnel at Crescent Valley. A second bomb was discovered by CPR personnel in the rail bed of the tracks near Shoreacres. Doukhobor fundamentalist extremists are believed to have been responsible."
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. 293."
2) RCMP Chronology. p. 9.
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. 100"
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