Munich massacre
The Munich massacre occurred at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage by the Palestinian terrorist organization Black September, now known to be an operational cover for Yasser Arafat's Fatah. The attack led directly to the deaths of 11 Israeli athletes, five of the eight kidnappers, and one German police officer, and was followed by a series of Israeli revenge assassinations of the principal planners.
See also
- One Day in September (1999 Documentary film)
- Sword of Gideon - a 1986 dramatization of Mossad agents pursuing the terrorists responsible for the massacre
- List of massacres
- List of hostage crises
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | The hostage-taking |
| ► | Demands |
| ► | Failed rescue |
| ► | Impact on the Games |
| ► | Aftermath |
| ► | Surviving kidnappers |
| ► | References |
| ► | See also |
| ► | External links |
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