Black September
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Black September was a Palestinian militant organization known for carrying out the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre and other high-profile attacks in the early 1970s.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Black September canonical | 5 |
| Black September operations | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10056219 — 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: Black September Context triple: [Black September Organization, hasAlternativeName, Black September]
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A.
Black September conflict
The Black September conflict was a violent confrontation in 1970–1971 between the Jordanian government and Palestinian armed organizations that reshaped the Palestinian resistance movement and regional politics in the Middle East.
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B.
Black July
Black July was a series of anti-Tamil pogroms in Sri Lanka in July 1983 that marked a major escalation of ethnic violence and is widely seen as the catalyst for the full-scale Sri Lankan Civil War.
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C.
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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D.
Nyanya bombings
The Nyanya bombings were deadly terrorist attacks near Abuja, Nigeria, in 2014, widely attributed to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and emblematic of its violent insurgency.
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E.
Mai Kadra massacre
The Mai Kadra massacre was a large-scale killing of civilians in the Ethiopian town of Mai Kadra during the early stages of the Tigray War in November 2020, marked by ethnically targeted violence and widespread human rights abuses.
- 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: Black September Target entity description: Black September was a Palestinian militant organization known for carrying out the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre and other high-profile attacks in the early 1970s.
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A.
Black September conflict
The Black September conflict was a violent confrontation in 1970–1971 between the Jordanian government and Palestinian armed organizations that reshaped the Palestinian resistance movement and regional politics in the Middle East.
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B.
Black July
Black July was a series of anti-Tamil pogroms in Sri Lanka in July 1983 that marked a major escalation of ethnic violence and is widely seen as the catalyst for the full-scale Sri Lankan Civil War.
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C.
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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D.
Nyanya bombings
The Nyanya bombings were deadly terrorist attacks near Abuja, Nigeria, in 2014, widely attributed to the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and emblematic of its violent insurgency.
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E.
Mai Kadra massacre
The Mai Kadra massacre was a large-scale killing of civilians in the Ethiopian town of Mai Kadra during the early stages of the Tigray War in November 2020, marked by ethnically targeted violence and widespread human rights abuses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Palestinian militant organization ⓘ |
| activePeriodEnd | mid-1970s ⓘ |
| activePeriodStart | 1970 ⓘ |
| attack |
assassination of Wasfi al-Tal in Cairo
ⓘ
seizure of Saudi embassy in Khartoum ⓘ |
| attackDate |
1971-11-28
ⓘ
1973-03-01 ⓘ |
| attackLocation |
Cairo, Egypt
ⓘ
linked to:
Cairo
Khartoum, Sudan ⓘ
linked to:
Khartoum
|
| claimedResponsibilityFor |
1973 Khartoum diplomatic assassinations
ⓘ
assassination of Jordanian Prime Minister Wasfi al-Tal ⓘ kidnapping of Moroccan diplomat in Paris 1971 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Jordan ⓘ |
| disbanded | mid-1970s ⓘ |
| ideology |
Palestinian nationalism
ⓘ
armed struggle ⓘ |
| killedInKhartoumAttack |
Belgian diplomat Guy Eid
ⓘ
U.S. Ambassador to Sudan Cleo A. Noel Jr. ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Ambassador to Sudan
U.S. diplomat George Curtis Moore ⓘ |
| killedInMunichAttack |
1 West German police officer
ⓘ
11 Israeli athletes and coaches ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Fatah
ⓘ
Palestine Liberation Organization ⓘ |
| motive |
pressure for release of Palestinian prisoners
ⓘ
retaliation for Black September crackdown in Jordan ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Black September conflict
ⓘ
Jordanian civil war of 1970 ⓘ |
| notableAttack |
1972 Munich Olympics hostage-taking
ⓘ
Munich Olympics massacre ⓘ
linked to:
Munich massacre
|
| notableAttackDate | 1972-09-05 ⓘ |
| notableAttackLocation |
Munich, West Germany
ⓘ
linked to:
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
|
| operationalRegions |
Europe
ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ |
| partOf | Palestinian fedayeen movement ⓘ |
| perpetratorCountInMunichAttack | 8 ⓘ |
| recognizedAsTerroristOrganizationBy |
Israel
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
West Germany ⓘ |
| successor | Fatah special operations units ⓘ |
| target |
Israeli citizens
ⓘ
Israeli government interests ⓘ Jordanian officials ⓘ Western diplomatic and aviation targets ⓘ |
| usedTactics |
assassination
ⓘ
bombing ⓘ hijacking ⓘ hostage-taking ⓘ |
| victimsInMunichAttack | 11 Israeli Olympic team members ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Black September Description of subject: Black September was a Palestinian militant organization known for carrying out the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre and other high-profile attacks in the early 1970s.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
documentary "One Day in September" (1999)
linked to: Black September
subject linked to:
BSO
subject linked to:
Vengeance (book)