Burning of Jaffna Public Library

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:aftermath international condemnation
increased ethnic violence
gptkbp:cause ethnic tensions between Sinhalese and Tamils
gptkbp:date May 31, 1981
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Burning of Jaffna Public Library
gptkbp:location gptkb:Jaffna,_Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Sri_Lankan_police
Sinhalese mobs
Sri Lankan government-sponsored paramilitaries
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Jaffna_Public_Library
gptkb:Sri_Lankan_Civil_War
Sri Lankan Tamil history
gptkbp:restored Jaffna Public Library rebuilt in 2001
gptkbp:result destruction of over 97,000 books
loss of rare manuscripts
cultural loss for Sri Lankan Tamils
gptkbp:significance major event in Sri Lankan civil conflict
gptkbp:target gptkb:Jaffna_Public_Library
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Book_burnings
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7