killing of Khaled Said
E451956
The killing of Khaled Said was a notorious 2010 police brutality case in Alexandria, Egypt, that became a symbol of state repression and helped spark the Egyptian revolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| killing of Khaled Said canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4544471 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: killing of Khaled Said Context triple: [January 25 Uprising, cause, killing of Khaled Said]
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A.
Rabaa massacre
The Rabaa massacre was a 2013 mass killing of supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi by Egyptian security forces during the dispersal of sit-in protests in Cairo, widely condemned as one of the deadliest crackdowns on demonstrators in modern Egyptian history.
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B.
Mubi bombings
The Mubi bombings were a series of deadly attacks in the Nigerian town of Mubi, widely attributed to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and emblematic of the violence during its insurgency.
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C.
Nyanya bombings
The Nyanya bombings were deadly terrorist attacks near Abuja, Nigeria, in 2014, widely attributed to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and emblematic of its violent insurgency.
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D.
2014 Sinjar massacre
The 2014 Sinjar massacre was a genocidal attack by ISIS against the Yazidi population in and around Sinjar, Iraq, involving mass killings, abductions, and enslavement that drew global condemnation.
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E.
Adana massacre
The Adana massacre was a 1909 mass killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire that foreshadowed and is often seen as a precursor to the Armenian Genocide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: killing of Khaled Said Target entity description: The killing of Khaled Said was a notorious 2010 police brutality case in Alexandria, Egypt, that became a symbol of state repression and helped spark the Egyptian revolution.
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A.
Rabaa massacre
The Rabaa massacre was a 2013 mass killing of supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi by Egyptian security forces during the dispersal of sit-in protests in Cairo, widely condemned as one of the deadliest crackdowns on demonstrators in modern Egyptian history.
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B.
Mubi bombings
The Mubi bombings were a series of deadly attacks in the Nigerian town of Mubi, widely attributed to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and emblematic of the violence during its insurgency.
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C.
Nyanya bombings
The Nyanya bombings were deadly terrorist attacks near Abuja, Nigeria, in 2014, widely attributed to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and emblematic of its violent insurgency.
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D.
2014 Sinjar massacre
The 2014 Sinjar massacre was a genocidal attack by ISIS against the Yazidi population in and around Sinjar, Iraq, involving mass killings, abductions, and enslavement that drew global condemnation.
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E.
Adana massacre
The Adana massacre was a 1909 mass killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire that foreshadowed and is often seen as a precursor to the Armenian Genocide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
extrajudicial killing
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human rights abuse ⓘ police brutality case ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | beating ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
online campaigns
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protest slogans ⓘ street art in Egypt ⓘ |
| contradictedBy |
eyewitness accounts
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post-mortem photographs ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| date | 2010-06-06 ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
documentary films
ⓘ
human rights reports ⓘ |
| governmentResponse |
initial denial of police responsibility
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official claim of drug overdose ⓘ |
| hasContext |
police brutality in Egypt
ⓘ
state repression in Egypt ⓘ |
| humanRightsOrganizationResponse |
Amnesty International
NERFINISHED
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Human Rights Watch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | 2011 Egyptian revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspired | We Are All Khaled Said Facebook page NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfCoverage |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| legalOutcome |
conviction of two police officers
ⓘ
trial of two police officers ⓘ |
| location |
Alexandria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sidi Gaber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage |
Egyptian independent press
ⓘ
international media ⓘ social media ⓘ |
| notableFor |
role in mobilizing Egyptian youth
ⓘ
use of Facebook in political organizing ⓘ |
| partOf | history of the Egyptian revolution of 2011 ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Egyptian police
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
plainclothes police officers ⓘ |
| preceded | 2011 Egyptian revolution ⓘ |
| region | Middle East ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Arab Spring
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Egyptian emergency law NERFINISHED ⓘ anti-torture campaigns in Egypt ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
anti-torture activism in Egypt
ⓘ
police brutality in the Arab world ⓘ state repression in Egypt ⓘ |
| triggered |
protests in Alexandria
ⓘ
public outrage in Egypt ⓘ |
| victim | Khaled Said NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 2010 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: killing of Khaled Said Description of subject: The killing of Khaled Said was a notorious 2010 police brutality case in Alexandria, Egypt, that became a symbol of state repression and helped spark the Egyptian revolution.
Referenced by (1)
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