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Munich massacre

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The Munich massacre was an attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September, who took nine members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage, after killing two of them. Black September called the operation "Iqrit and Biram", after two Palestinian Christian villages whose inhabitants were expelled by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The Black September commander was Luttif Afif, who was also the negotiator. West German neo-Nazis gave the group logistical assistance.
    • Prelude 

    • Hostage-taking 

    • International reaction 

    • Negotiations 

    • Failed rescue 

    • Aftermath 

    • Surviving Black September members 

    • List of fatalities 

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