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1972 Munich Olympics terrorist attacks

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 The Munich Olympic disaster or Munich Massacre was a terrorist attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, on September 5, 1972. The Black September group, a Palestinian terrorist group, tried to negotiate with 11 Israeli Olympic teams hostage, but all of its members were killed due to a lack of German police crackdowns on terrorism. the circumstances of an event a squad invasion The Games were halted early on 5 September 1972 when eight members of the Black September squad stormed the Israeli athletes' quarters in the Olympic village, killing Israeli wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg and weightlifter Yosef Romano and holding the remaining nine hostage. a statement of crime Black September issued a statement calling for the release of 234 Palestinian prisoners of conscience imprisoned in Israel, but then Israeli Prime Minister Golda Mayer refused to comply with the request and asked West Germany to agree to resolve the situation through Israeli forces. negotiation West...