2013 Boston Marathon bombing
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The 2013 Boston Marathon bombing was a terrorist attack in which two homemade bombs exploded near the marathon’s finish line, killing three people and injuring hundreds.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bombing
→
mass casualty incident → terrorist attack → |
| alsoKnownAs |
2013 Boston Marathon bombing
→
surface form: "Boston Marathon bombings"
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| bombPlacement | near the Boston Marathon finish line → |
| casualtiesDescription | three killed and hundreds injured → |
| city |
Boston, Massachusetts
→
surface form: "Boston"
|
| commemoration | annual remembrance events in Boston → |
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
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| date | 2013-04-15 → |
| event | Boston Marathon → |
| fatalities | 3 → |
| followedBy |
2013 Boston Marathon bombing
→
surface form: "Boston manhunt and lockdown"
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| ideology | jihadist-inspired terrorism → |
| injured | hundreds → |
| investigatedBy |
Boston Police Department
→
Federal Bureau of Investigation → |
| jurisdiction |
federal judiciary of the United States
→
surface form: "United States federal court system"
|
| lawEnforcementResponse | massive manhunt in Boston area → |
| legalOutcome |
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev convicted in federal court
→
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sentenced to death → |
| location |
Boston, Massachusetts
→
surface form: "Boston, Massachusetts, United States"
Boylston Street, Boston → |
| mediaCoverage | extensive national and international news coverage → |
| motive | Islamist extremism → |
| notableVictim |
Krystle Campbell
→
Lu Lingzi → Martin Richard → |
| numberOfExplosions | 2 → |
| organisedBy | Tsarnaev brothers acting independently → |
| partOf | terrorism in the United States → |
| perpetrator |
Tamerlan Tsarnaev
→
surface form: "Dzhokhar Tsarnaev"
Tamerlan Tsarnaev → |
| perpetratorRelationship | brothers → |
| publicReaction | widespread mourning and solidarity campaigns → |
| relatedEvent |
Watertown, Massachusetts shootout
→
shooting of MIT police officer Sean Collier → |
| result |
capture of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
→
death of Tamerlan Tsarnaev → |
| securityImpact | increased security at major public events in the United States → |
| sloganAssociated | Boston Strong → |
| target |
civilians
→
spectators at the Boston Marathon finish line → |
| time | approximately 2:49 p.m. EDT → |
| typeOfWeapon | homemade pressure cooker bombs → |
| year | 2013 → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Boston Marathon bombings"
this entity surface form: "Boston Marathon bombing"
this entity surface form: "Boston manhunt and lockdown"
this entity surface form: "Boston Marathon bombing"
this entity surface form: "Boston Marathon bombing"
this entity surface form: "Boston Marathon bombing 2013"
this entity surface form: "Boston Marathon bombing"
this entity surface form: "Boston Marathon bombing"
this entity surface form: "Boston Marathon bombing manhunt"
this entity surface form: "Boston Marathon bombing"
this entity surface form: "Boston Marathon bombing"