al-Askari Mosque bombing

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:terrorist_attack
gptkbp:aftermath attacks on Sunni mosques
hundreds killed in violence
widespread reprisals
gptkbp:casualties no direct deaths
gptkbp:consequence Iraqi civil war escalation
escalation of sectarian violence
gptkbp:country gptkb:Iraq
gptkbp:date 22 February 2006
gptkbp:destroyedBy destruction of golden dome
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label al-Askari Mosque bombing
gptkbp:location gptkb:Samarra
gptkbp:method explosives placed inside mosque
gptkbp:mosque_significance one of the holiest sites in Shia Islam
gptkbp:period 6:55 am local time
gptkbp:perpetrator al-Qaeda in Iraq
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:2007_al-Askari_Mosque_bombing
gptkbp:religiousSignificance Shia Islam
gptkbp:restored began in 2007
gptkbp:target gptkb:al-Askari_Mosque
gptkbp:type bomber
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Iraqi_Civil_War_(2006–2008)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6