Munich massacre

When

5 Sep 1972 – 6 Sep 1972

Kind

Event

Coordinates

48.18° N, 11.55° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Munich massacre.

Munich massacre: Eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich are murdered after eight members of the Arab terrorist group Black September invade the Olympic Village; five guerillas and one policeman are also killed in a failed hostage rescue.

1972 Summer Olympics terrorist attack

The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, carried out by eight members of the Palestinian militant organisation Black September. The militants infiltrated the Olympic Village, killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team, and took nine other Israeli team members hostage. Those hostages were later also killed by the militants during a failed rescue attempt.

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• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Geiselnahme von München bei den Olympischen Sommerspielen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “prise d’otages des Jeux olympiques de Munich ; deux athlètes israéliens sont assassinés par des terroristes palestiniens de Septembre noir qui prennent en…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “теракт на мюнхенской Олимпиаде”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Múnich (Alemania occidental) ―durante la XX edición de los Juegos Olímpicos de Verano―”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “發生慕尼黑惨案。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ミュンヘンオリンピック事件。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page