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The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack carried out during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian militant organization Black September.
6 days ago · The Munich 1972 Olympic Games were an athletic festival held in Munich that took place August 26–September 11, 1972. The Games were marred by a terrorist attack in which Palestinian militants held members of the Israeli team hostage. The situation ended in numerous deaths.
4 days ago · The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack on Israeli Olympic team members at the 1972 Summer Games in Munich orchestrated by affiliates of the Palestinian militant group Black September. It occurred amid the specters of the 1936 Olympic Games, hosted by the Nazis, and of the 1968 Olympic Games, which also saw violence.
May 24, 2021 · In what became known as the Munich Massacre, eight terrorists wearing tracksuits and carrying gym bags filled with grenades and assault rifles, breached the Olympic Village at the Summer Games in...
The event was overshadowed by the Munich massacre in the second week, in which eleven Israeli athletes and coaches and a West German police officer at the Olympic Village were killed by Palestinian Black September members. The motivation for the attack was the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict .
Sep 5, 2022 · On the night of 4 September 1972, the Israeli Olympic delegation returned to their apartment at Connollystrasse 31 in the north of Munich. Hours later, a group of eight Palestinian militants,...
4 days ago · Tragedy struck the 1972 Olympics in Munich when eight Palestinian terrorists from the militant group Black September invaded the Olympic Village on September 5 and killed two members of the Israeli team. Nine other Israelis were held hostage as the terrorists bargained for the release of 200 Palestinian prisoners in Israel.
However, the Games were overshadowed by a tragedy – a terrorist attack on the Israeli team that shocked the entire world. The Games brought together 7,134 athletes from 121 countries to compete in 195 events – a record at the time. Notable performances included those by US.
2 days ago · The 1972 Munich Olympics were viewed by their German hosts as a chance to leave the country’s history behind. Instead, the Games became notorious for terrorism after an attack on the Israeli ...
Aug 26, 1972 · Relive the moments that went down in history at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.
