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Downing Street mortar attack

1991 British Prime Minister and Cabinet assassination attempt
Event terrorist_attack Q1542423

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
terrorist attack
Country
United Kingdom[2]
Location
10 Downing Street[3]
Part of
The Troubles[4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 51.504°, -0.128°[8]
Coordinates
🗺️ 51.504°, -0.128°
Located in time zone
Greenwich Mean Time[5]
Number of deaths
0.0[10]
Number of injured
4.0[11]
Participant
Provisional Irish Republican Army[9]
Point in time
February 7, 1991[7]
Target
John Major[6]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 3
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Downing Street (5679227676).jpg ↗
BabelNet ID
01592598n
Freebase ID
/m/063_dz5

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Country 1
United Kingdom
Instance of 1
terrorist attack
Located in time zone 1
Greenwich Mean Time
Location 1
10 Downing Street
Part of 1
The Troubles
Participant 1
Provisional Irish Republican Army
Target 1
John Major
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Summary

Downing Street mortar attack is a terrorist attack[1].

Related Entities

John Major United Kingdom

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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