Greysteel massacre
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The Greysteel massacre was a 1993 mass shooting in a bar in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, carried out by loyalist paramilitaries during the Troubles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Greysteel massacre canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4895080 — 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: Greysteel massacre Context triple: [Massacres in Northern Ireland, hasNotableExample, Greysteel massacre]
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A.
Hungerford massacre
The Hungerford massacre was a 1987 mass shooting in Hungerford, England, in which gunman Michael Ryan killed 16 people and led to significant changes in UK firearms legislation.
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B.
Peskeompscut massacre
The Peskeompscut massacre was a brutal 1676 attack during King Philip’s War in which English colonial forces killed a large number of Native American civilians near present-day Turners Falls, Massachusetts.
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C.
Weenen massacre
The Weenen massacre was an 1838 killing of Voortrekker settlers by Zulu forces in present-day South Africa, which became a pivotal flashpoint in the conflict between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom.
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D.
Baga massacre
The Baga massacre was a 2015 attack in northeastern Nigeria in which Boko Haram militants killed hundreds of civilians and destroyed large parts of the town of Baga.
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E.
Prekaz massacre
The Prekaz massacre was a 1998 attack by Serbian security forces on the Jashari family compound in Kosovo, widely seen as a pivotal event that galvanized support for the Kosovo Liberation Army and escalated the Kosovo conflict.
- 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: Greysteel massacre Target entity description: The Greysteel massacre was a 1993 mass shooting in a bar in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, carried out by loyalist paramilitaries during the Troubles.
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A.
Hungerford massacre
The Hungerford massacre was a 1987 mass shooting in Hungerford, England, in which gunman Michael Ryan killed 16 people and led to significant changes in UK firearms legislation.
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B.
Peskeompscut massacre
The Peskeompscut massacre was a brutal 1676 attack during King Philip’s War in which English colonial forces killed a large number of Native American civilians near present-day Turners Falls, Massachusetts.
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C.
Weenen massacre
The Weenen massacre was an 1838 killing of Voortrekker settlers by Zulu forces in present-day South Africa, which became a pivotal flashpoint in the conflict between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom.
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D.
Baga massacre
The Baga massacre was a 2015 attack in northeastern Nigeria in which Boko Haram militants killed hundreds of civilians and destroyed large parts of the town of Baga.
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E.
Prekaz massacre
The Prekaz massacre was a 1998 attack by Serbian security forces on the Jashari family compound in Kosovo, widely seen as a pivotal event that galvanized support for the Kosovo Liberation Army and escalated the Kosovo conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
event during the Troubles
ⓘ
mass shooting ⓘ massacre ⓘ terrorist attack ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy | annual memorial events in Greysteel ⓘ |
| conflict | The Troubles ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| date | 1993-10-30 ⓘ |
| hasContext | occurred shortly after the Shankill Road bombing ⓘ |
| location |
County Londonderry
ⓘ
Greysteel ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ |
| motive | sectarian retaliation ⓘ |
| notableFor | one of the worst loyalist attacks of the Troubles ⓘ |
| numberOfFatalities | 8 ⓘ |
| numberOfInjured | 13 ⓘ |
| partOf | loyalist paramilitary campaign ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
UDA
ⓘ
Ulster Defence Association ⓘ |
| perpetratorFaction |
Ulster Freedom Fighters
ⓘ
linked to:
Ulster Defence Association
|
| perpetratorIdeology |
British unionism
ⓘ
Ulster loyalism ⓘ
linked to:
Ulster unionism
|
| region |
Derry and Strabane district
ⓘ
linked to:
Derry and Strabane District
|
| target | Catholic civilians ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late phase of the Troubles ⓘ |
| tookPlaceAt | Rising Sun bar ⓘ |
| tookPlaceIn | bar ⓘ |
| victimGroupReligion |
Roman Catholic
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Catholicism
|
| weaponUsed | automatic firearms ⓘ |
| year | 1993 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Greysteel massacre Description of subject: The Greysteel massacre was a 1993 mass shooting in a bar in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, carried out by loyalist paramilitaries during the Troubles.
Referenced by (3)
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