Asama-Sansō incident

1972 hostage crisis and police siege in Japan
Event hostage_taking Q1044092
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Asama-Sansō incident

Summary

Asama-Sansō incident is a hostage taking[1]. It draws 224 Wikipedia views per month (hostage_taking category, ranking #13 of 47).[2]

Key Facts

  • Asama-Sansō incident is in the country of Japan[3].
  • Asama-Sansō incident's instance of is recorded as hostage taking[4].
  • Asama-Sansō incident's start time is recorded as +1972-02-19T00:00:00Z[5].
  • Asama-Sansō incident's end time is recorded as +1972-02-28T00:00:00Z[6].
  • Asama-Sansō incident's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.28914722, 'lon': 138.62205}[7].
  • Asama-Sansō incident's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0d5k4m[8].
  • Asama-Sansō incident's topic's main category is recorded as Q24857314[9].
  • Asama-Sansō incident's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+3'}[10].
  • Asama-Sansō incident's perpetrator is recorded as United Red Army[11].
  • Asama-Sansō incident's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as あさま山荘事件[12].

Why It Matters

Asama-Sansō incident draws 224 Wikipedia views per month (hostage_taking category, ranking #13 of 47).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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