On January 28, 1965 around 2:30 a.m., a man bombed three American warplanes being

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ted at an airport in

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br>Edmonton's terrorist attack: the 1965 airport bombing
Jan. 26, 2014

Background

The

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had flown 112 aircraft to the

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, where they were to be repaired by

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. Although initial reports pointed out that 15 of the planes had run spy missions over post-Revolution China,''

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"Jan. 28, 1965: Edmonton man charged with murder, sabotage"
January 28, 2015 the attack was said to be in protest of the

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City of Edmonton It is believed to have been one of the first attacks ever citing the involvement of the U.S. in the Vietnam War as its motive.

Attack

A security guard, Threnton James Richardson, was bound, gagged, and then shot with a rifle, when the perpetrator entered the airport. Two

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jets were destroyed, and a third heavily damaged by the bombing. Following the attack, an unemployed German immigrant, Harry Waldeman Freidrich Hubach, was arrested by police and charged with the murder of the security guard.

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3 US jets dynamited, guard slain in Canada
January 29, 1965. Press Courier, "US jets blown up, immigrant charged with killing guard", January 29, 1965. Hubach was found guilty and sentenced to hang. But upon appeal and a new trial he pleaded guilty to non-capital murder and was sentenced to life in prison.

br>Edmonton 1965 airport bombing: the untold story
Jan. 28, 2014 Released, he turned his life around, married and ran a successful business, finally dying around 2005 in

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References

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