Incident Date:
October 27, 1981
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Farron, 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: "10/27/1981: An attempted bombing of Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) track took place near Farron, BC. Two explosive devices planted under the rails were discovered and deactivated by CPR personnel. Doukhobor fundamentalist extremists are believed to have been responsible."
References: 1) RCMP Chronology. p. 10.
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. 101"
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