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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, who infiltrated the Olympic Village, killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team, and took nine others hostage.
May 24, 2021 · Ten days into the Games, on September 5, 1972, under the cloak of darkness, the terrorists stormed the Israeli team's quarters at 4:30 a.m., having been helped over a wire fence by athletes...
September 5, 1972 - September 6, 1972. Location: Germany. Munich. Participants: Black September. Key People: Avery Brundage. Munich massacre, terrorist attack on Israeli Olympic team members at the 1972 Summer Games in Munich orchestrated by affiliates of the Palestinian militant group Black September.
Sep 4, 2022 · Gunmen held members of the Israeli team hostage, eventually killing them, during the 1972 Munich Olympics. The attack was the first time a global audience had witnessed terrorism as it happened.
Mar 27, 2024 · 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.
Nov 16, 2009 · During the 1972 Summer Olympics at Munich, in the early morning of September 5, a group of Palestinian terrorists storms the Olympic Village apartment of the Israeli athletes, killing two and...
Sep 5, 2022 · Fifty years ago Monday, on Sept. 5, 1972, Palestinian extremists infiltrated athletes’ dorms at the Munich Summer Olympics, an attack that resulted in the murder of 11 Israeli athletes and...
