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2017 Westminster attack

terror attack which occurred on 22 March 2017 in Westminster, Greater London, England, UK
Event stabbing_attack Q29001838
2017 Westminster attack
Mайкл Гиммельфарб (Mike Gimelfarb) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

2017 Westminster attack is a stabbing attack[1]. It draws 2,277 Wikipedia views per month (stabbing attack category, ranking #4 of 27).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom[3]
  • Instance of: vehicle-ramming attack[4]
  • Location: Westminster Bridge[5], Parliament Square[6], Palace of Westminster[7]
  • Commons category: 2017 Westminster attack[8]
  • Language of work or name: Dutch[9]
  • Located in time zone: Greenwich Mean Time[10]
  • Armament: knife[11], Hyundai Tucson[12]
  • Target: civilian[13]
  • Point in time: March 22, 2017[14]
  • Participant: Khalid Masood[15]
  • Number of deaths: 6[16]
  • Number of injured: 49[17]
  • Number of perpetrators: 1[18]

Why It Matters

2017 Westminster attack has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . euronews.com. Retrieved . euronews.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . hirado.hu. Retrieved . hirado.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . yle.fi. yle.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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