In short
On September 5, 1972, members of the Palestinian group Black September took Israeli athletes hostage at the Munich Olympics. The siege lasted 21 hours. By the time it ended, 11 Israelis—two killed during the initial takeover, nine during a failed rescue attempt—were dead, along with five of the eight militants.
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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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