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History Today: How Palestinian Militants Carried Out the Munich Olympics Massacre
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Between September 5 and 6, 1972, the whole world was paralyzed by one of the darkest episodes in the history of the Olympic Games. On that day, in Munich, Germany, a commando of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September broke into the Olympic Village, taking 11 Israeli athletes hostage. What began as an attempt at political negotiation ended in a massacre that left 17 dead, including the 11 athletes, five terrorists and a German policeman.…
The memorial in front of the Fürstenfeldbrucker Fliegerhorst commemorates the attack on the Israeli Olympic team in 1972, the attack on the Israeli Consulate General a year ago and the massacre of Hamas on October 7, 2023. The common motive is anti-Semitism.
History Today: How Palestinian militants carried out the Munich Olympics massacre
On September 5, 1972, Palestinian militants targeted the Israeli Olympic team at the Munich Olympic Games, killing two athletes and taking nine others hostage. They demanded that Israel release over 230 Arab prisoners in return. A gun battle broke out later at Munich airport, leaving all nine hostages dead along with five militants and a West German policeman
How the massacre at the Olympic Village and Munich Airport unfolded during the 1972 Olympics
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