Black July

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:murder
anti-Tamil riot
gptkbp:cause ambush and killing of 13 Sri Lankan soldiers by Tamil militants
gptkbp:commemorates annual remembrance by Tamil communities worldwide
gptkbp:consequence international condemnation
escalation of Sri Lankan Civil War
mass exodus of Tamils from Sri Lanka
gptkbp:date July 1983
gptkbp:displacedPeople over 150,000
gptkbp:endDate 1983-07-30
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Black July
gptkbp:legacy deepened ethnic divisions in Sri Lanka
gptkbp:location gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive international media attention
gptkbp:notableFor widespread violence, arson, looting, and killings targeting Tamils
gptkbp:perpetrator Sinhalese mobs
Sri Lankan government forces
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Sri_Lankan_Civil_War
gptkbp:startDate 1983-07-24
gptkbp:target gptkb:Sri_Lankan_Tamils
gptkbp:victim estimates range from 400 to 3000
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sri_Lankan_Tamils
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5