2012 shooting of Malala Yousafzai
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The 2012 shooting of Malala Yousafzai was an assassination attempt by the Pakistani Taliban on the teenage education activist that drew global condemnation and turned her into an international symbol of the fight for girls’ education.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2012 shooting of Malala Yousafzai canonical | 2 |
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Target entity: 2012 shooting of Malala Yousafzai Context triple: [I Am Malala, describesEvent, 2012 shooting of Malala Yousafzai]
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Munich massacre
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Target entity: 2012 shooting of Malala Yousafzai Target entity description: The 2012 shooting of Malala Yousafzai was an assassination attempt by the Pakistani Taliban on the teenage education activist that drew global condemnation and turned her into an international symbol of the fight for girls’ education.
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A.
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.
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B.
2013 Boston Marathon bombing
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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C.
Central Legislative Assembly bombing
The Central Legislative Assembly bombing was a 1929 protest attack carried out by Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt in the Delhi assembly to oppose repressive colonial laws without intending to cause fatalities.
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D.
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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E.
Panjdeh incident
The Panjdeh incident was an 1885 military clash between the Russian Empire and Afghanistan that nearly triggered war with Britain and marked a critical flashpoint in the Anglo-Russian rivalry in Central Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
assassination attempt
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attack on a child ⓘ event ⓘ terrorist attack ⓘ |
| aftermath |
Malala Yousafzai airlifted to Peshawar
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Malala Yousafzai transferred to the United Kingdom for treatment ⓘ |
| claimedBy |
Pakistani Taliban (TTP)
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surface form:
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
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| claimedBySpokesman | Ehsanullah Ehsan ⓘ |
| country | Pakistan ⓘ |
| date | 2012-10-09 ⓘ |
| injured |
Kainat Riaz
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Malala Yousafzai ⓘ Shazia Ramzan ⓘ |
| location |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Mingora ⓘ Swat District ⓘ |
| longTermImpactOnVictim |
Malala Yousafzai became global symbol of girls' education
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Malala Yousafzai continued activism after recovery ⓘ |
| medicalTreatmentLocation | Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham ⓘ |
| method | shooting ⓘ |
| motive |
enforcement of extremist interpretation of Sharia
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opposition to girls' education ⓘ retaliation for activism ⓘ |
| numberOfAttackers | 1 ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
Pakistani Taliban (TTP)
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surface form:
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan leadership
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| partOf |
Taliban insurgency
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surface form:
Taliban insurgency in Pakistan
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| perpetrator |
Pakistani Taliban (TTP)
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surface form:
Pakistani Taliban
Pakistani Taliban (TTP) ⓘ
surface form:
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
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| reaction |
condemnation by Pakistani government
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condemnation by United Nations ⓘ condemnation by international human rights organizations ⓘ |
| result |
global condemnation
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heightened security concerns in Pakistan ⓘ increased international support for girls' education ⓘ serious head injury to Malala Yousafzai ⓘ |
| target | Malala Yousafzai ⓘ |
| targetedFor |
blogging against Taliban rule in Swat
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girls' education activism ⓘ |
| transportContext | school bus attack ⓘ |
| victim |
Kainat Riaz
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Malala Yousafzai ⓘ Shazia Ramzan ⓘ |
| victimAge | 15 ⓘ |
| victimCitizenship | Pakistani ⓘ |
| victimOccupation |
education activist
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student ⓘ |
| weaponUsed | firearm ⓘ |
| year | 2012 ⓘ |
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Subject: 2012 shooting of Malala Yousafzai Description of subject: The 2012 shooting of Malala Yousafzai was an assassination attempt by the Pakistani Taliban on the teenage education activist that drew global condemnation and turned her into an international symbol of the fight for girls’ education.
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