Sharpeville massacre (1960)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sharpeville_massacre_(1960)
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:murder
gptkbp:cause protest against pass laws
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:International_Day_for_the_Elimination_of_Racial_Discrimination
gptkbp:country gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:date 1960-03-21
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sharpeville massacre (1960)
gptkbp:injuries 180
gptkbp:location gptkb:Sharpeville,_South_Africa
gptkbp:mediaCoverage international attention
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Sharpeville_Human_Rights_Precinct
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Apartheid_in_South_Africa
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:South_African_Police
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Soweto_uprising
gptkbp:relatedOrganization gptkb:African_National_Congress
gptkb:Pan_Africanist_Congress
gptkbp:resultedIn state of emergency in South Africa
banning of anti-apartheid organizations
gptkbp:significance turning point in South African history
gptkbp:target anti-pass law protesters
gptkbp:victim 69
black South Africans
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Political_history_of_South_Africa
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7