Trisakti shootings
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The Trisakti shootings were a 1998 incident in Jakarta where Indonesian security forces killed four university students during a pro-democracy protest, helping to trigger the mass unrest that led to President Suharto’s resignation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Trisakti shootings canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8799016 — 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: Trisakti shootings Context triple: [fall of Suharto, relatedEvent, Trisakti shootings]
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A.
Madiun Affair
The Madiun Affair was a 1948 communist-led uprising in East Java that was violently suppressed by the Indonesian government, marking a key turning point in the struggle over Indonesia’s post-independence political direction.
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B.
Banda Islands massacre
The Banda Islands massacre was a brutal 1621 campaign by the Dutch East India Company to exterminate or expel the indigenous population of the Banda Islands in order to secure a monopoly over the lucrative nutmeg trade.
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C.
Laha massacre
The Laha massacre was a World War II war crime in which Japanese forces executed hundreds of Australian and Dutch prisoners of war on Ambon Island in 1942.
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D.
Juma'at al-Karama massacre
The Juma'at al-Karama massacre was a deadly 2011 attack on anti-government protesters in Sana'a, Yemen, that became a pivotal and galvanizing event in the Yemeni uprising during the Arab Spring.
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E.
Rengasdengklok incident
The Rengasdengklok incident was a pivotal 1945 episode in Indonesia’s independence struggle, when radical youth activists temporarily detained nationalist leaders Sukarno and Hatta to pressure them into promptly proclaiming independence from Japan.
- 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: Trisakti shootings Target entity description: The Trisakti shootings were a 1998 incident in Jakarta where Indonesian security forces killed four university students during a pro-democracy protest, helping to trigger the mass unrest that led to President Suharto’s resignation.
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A.
Madiun Affair
The Madiun Affair was a 1948 communist-led uprising in East Java that was violently suppressed by the Indonesian government, marking a key turning point in the struggle over Indonesia’s post-independence political direction.
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B.
Banda Islands massacre
The Banda Islands massacre was a brutal 1621 campaign by the Dutch East India Company to exterminate or expel the indigenous population of the Banda Islands in order to secure a monopoly over the lucrative nutmeg trade.
-
C.
Laha massacre
The Laha massacre was a World War II war crime in which Japanese forces executed hundreds of Australian and Dutch prisoners of war on Ambon Island in 1942.
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D.
Juma'at al-Karama massacre
The Juma'at al-Karama massacre was a deadly 2011 attack on anti-government protesters in Sana'a, Yemen, that became a pivotal and galvanizing event in the Yemeni uprising during the Arab Spring.
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E.
Rengasdengklok incident
The Rengasdengklok incident was a pivotal 1945 episode in Indonesia’s independence struggle, when radical youth activists temporarily detained nationalist leaders Sukarno and Hatta to pressure them into promptly proclaiming independence from Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
massacre
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protest-related killing ⓘ |
| aftermath |
demands for investigation and justice
ⓘ
public outrage over state violence ⓘ |
| cause |
pro-democracy protest
ⓘ
student demonstration against Suharto ⓘ |
| classifiedAs | human rights violation ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | annual memorials at Trisakti University ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | 12 May ⓘ |
| context | late New Order period in Indonesia ⓘ |
| country | Indonesia ⓘ |
| date | 1998-05-12 ⓘ |
| demandedOutcome |
democratic reforms in Indonesia
ⓘ
resignation of Suharto ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tragedi Trisakti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trisakti tragedy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| investigatedBy | Indonesian human rights organizations ⓘ |
| legacy |
continuing calls for accountability for past abuses
ⓘ
symbol of student role in Indonesian democratization ⓘ |
| location |
Jakarta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Trisakti University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | extensive national and international coverage ⓘ |
| method | live ammunition fired at protesters ⓘ |
| numberOfDeaths | 4 ⓘ |
| numberOfInjured | dozens ⓘ |
| participants |
Indonesian security forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
students of Trisakti University ⓘ |
| partOf | 1997–1998 Indonesian financial and political crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Indonesian police and military personnel
ⓘ
Indonesian security forces ⓘ |
| politicalContext | authoritarian rule of President Suharto ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Indonesian Reformasi movement
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
May 1998 riots of Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Suharto resignation ⓘ |
| result |
escalation of mass unrest in Jakarta
ⓘ
increased pressure on President Suharto ⓘ nationwide protests in Indonesia ⓘ |
| significance |
key trigger for the fall of Suharto
ⓘ
turning point in Indonesian Reformasi movement ⓘ |
| victim |
Elang Mulia Lesmana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hafidin Royan NERFINISHED ⓘ Hendriawan Sie NERFINISHED ⓘ Heri Hertanto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 1998 ⓘ |
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Subject: Trisakti shootings Description of subject: The Trisakti shootings were a 1998 incident in Jakarta where Indonesian security forces killed four university students during a pro-democracy protest, helping to trigger the mass unrest that led to President Suharto’s resignation.
Referenced by (1)
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