2011 Norway attacks
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The 2011 Norway attacks were a pair of coordinated terrorist attacks by far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik, involving a bombing in Oslo and a mass shooting at a youth camp on Utøya island, which killed 77 people and shocked Norway and the world.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2011 Norway attacks canonical | 3 |
| 2011 Oslo bombing | 2 |
| 2011 Utøya attack | 1 |
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Target entity: 2011 Norway attacks Context triple: [Regjeringskvartalet, significantEvent, 2011 Norway attacks]
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Hamburg massacre
The Hamburg massacre was an 1876 white supremacist attack in Hamburg, South Carolina, in which armed Democrats killed and terrorized Black militiamen and citizens to help overthrow Reconstruction-era Republican rule.
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Munich massacre
The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack during the 1972 Olympic Games in which members of the Palestinian group Black September took Israeli athletes hostage, resulting in the deaths of eleven Israeli team members and a German police officer.
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Malmedy massacre
The Malmedy massacre was a World War II war crime in which American prisoners of war were murdered by German SS troops during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944.
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Sieges of Fredriksten fortress
The Sieges of Fredriksten fortress were a series of 17th–18th century military assaults by Swedish forces against the strategically vital Norwegian border stronghold at Halden, most famously including the 1718 campaign in which King Charles XII of Sweden was killed.
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2017 Manchester Arena bombing
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: 2011 Norway attacks Target entity description: The 2011 Norway attacks were a pair of coordinated terrorist attacks by far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik, involving a bombing in Oslo and a mass shooting at a youth camp on Utøya island, which killed 77 people and shocked Norway and the world.
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A.
Hamburg massacre
The Hamburg massacre was an 1876 white supremacist attack in Hamburg, South Carolina, in which armed Democrats killed and terrorized Black militiamen and citizens to help overthrow Reconstruction-era Republican rule.
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B.
Munich massacre
The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack during the 1972 Olympic Games in which members of the Palestinian group Black September took Israeli athletes hostage, resulting in the deaths of eleven Israeli team members and a German police officer.
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C.
Malmedy massacre
The Malmedy massacre was a World War II war crime in which American prisoners of war were murdered by German SS troops during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944.
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D.
Sieges of Fredriksten fortress
The Sieges of Fredriksten fortress were a series of 17th–18th century military assaults by Swedish forces against the strategically vital Norwegian border stronghold at Halden, most famously including the 1718 campaign in which King Charles XII of Sweden was killed.
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E.
2017 Manchester Arena bombing
The 2017 Manchester Arena bombing was a suicide terrorist attack at the end of an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, that killed 22 people and injured hundreds, becoming one of the deadliest attacks in the UK in recent decades.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
car bombing
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far-right terrorism incident ⓘ mass murder ⓘ mass shooting ⓘ terrorist attack ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
22 July attacks
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22/7 attacks ⓘ |
| city | Oslo ⓘ |
| country |
Norway
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Norway ⓘ Norway ⓘ |
| date | 2011-07-22 ⓘ |
| dayOfWeek | Friday ⓘ |
| explosiveDevice | car bomb ⓘ |
| fatalities |
69
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8 ⓘ |
| ideology |
anti-Islam
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far-right extremism ⓘ white nationalism ⓘ |
| impact | described as Norway's deadliest attack since World War II ⓘ |
| injuries | at least 209 ⓘ |
| legalOutcome |
perpetrator convicted of terrorism and mass murder
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perpetrator sentenced to 21 years of preventive detention ⓘ |
| location |
Oslo
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Regjeringskvartalet ⓘ Utøya ⓘ Utøya ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive international coverage ⓘ |
| motive |
anti-Islam sentiment
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anti-immigration sentiment ⓘ opposition to multiculturalism ⓘ |
| notableConsequence |
major review of Norwegian security services
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public debate on extremism in Norway ⓘ |
| numberOfVictimsInjured | 300+ ⓘ |
| numberOfVictimsKilled | 77 ⓘ |
| part |
2011 Norway attacks
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
2011 Oslo bombing
2011 Utøya mass shooting ⓘ |
| perpetrator | Anders Behring Breivik ⓘ |
| planningDuration | several years ⓘ |
| target |
Norwegian Labour Party
ⓘ
Government of Norway ⓘ
surface form:
Norwegian government
Norwegian government buildings ⓘ Workers' Youth League ⓘ
surface form:
Workers' Youth League summer camp
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| timeSpan | several hours ⓘ |
| victimDemographics | mostly teenagers and young adults ⓘ |
| victimNationality | primarily Norwegian ⓘ |
| weaponUsed |
car bomb
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firearms ⓘ |
| year | 2011 ⓘ |
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Subject: 2011 Norway attacks Description of subject: The 2011 Norway attacks were a pair of coordinated terrorist attacks by far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik, involving a bombing in Oslo and a mass shooting at a youth camp on Utøya island, which killed 77 people and shocked Norway and the world.
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