Incident Date:
April 30, 1984 11:25
Incident Successful: No
Location: Brilliant, 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: "04/30/1984: A package containing an unexploded dynamite bomb was found by a track patrolman under Canadian Pacific Railway tracks near Brilliant. A nearby school was evacuated, but bomb disposal experts from Vancouver deactivated the bomb at 11:25 a.m. This incident was part of a series of undetonated bomb, which had been discovered in the area in past weeks. The incident occurred just two days after the resumption of inquiries into the problems of arson and bombings among local Sons of Freedom (SOF)."
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. 297."
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