THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Sep 5, 1972 Munich Massacre During - TopicsExpress



          

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Sep 5, 1972 Munich Massacre 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 taking nine others hostage. The terrorists were part of a group known as Black September, in return for the release of the hostages, they demanded that Israel release over 230 Arab prisoners being held in Israeli jails and two German terrorists. In an ensuing shootout at the Munich airport, the nine Israeli hostages were killed along with five terrorists and one West German policeman. Olympic competition was suspended for 24 hours to hold memorial services for the slain athletes. Source: history Photo: Internet #MunichOlympics #Massacre
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 12:10:22 +0000

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