In the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_26_Incident" id="mwqQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="February 26 Incident">February 26 Incident</a>, young nationalist Japanese military officers assassinate multiple <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_Japan" id="mwqg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cabinet of Japan">cabinet</a> statesmen and start a rebellion in downtown <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo" id="mwqw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>, which is ended 3 days later.<sup about="#mwt119" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-21"}}' id="cite_ref-21" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_26#cite_note-21" id="mwrA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 21;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwrQ">[21]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt123" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-22"}}' id="cite_ref-22" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_26#cite_note-22" id="mwrg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 22;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwrw">[22]</span></a></sup>
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