1972.09.05 Munich Olympics

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🇩🇪 Munich, Germany: the Palestinian terrorist group Black September took eleven Israeli Olympic team members hostage (with illegal assault weapons) and demanded that 234 Palestinian terrorists be freed in Israel. They killed the hostages along with a West German police officer during a failed rescue attempt. 5 of the 8 terrorists were killed, 3 were captured and released in a hostage exchange, only to be hunted and killed by the IDF later.


1972.09.05 Munich Olympics

Islamic Terrorist
Dead/Injured: 17/0
Weapon: Assault Rifles

🇩🇪 Munich, Germany: the Palestinian terrorist group Black September took eleven Israeli Olympic team members hostage and demanded that 234 Palestinian terrorists be freed in Israel. They killed the hostages along with a West German police officer during a failed rescue attempt.
  • Politics: ☪️Islamic Radicalism.
❌ Gun Control didn't help.

❌ Trusting the authorities to protect you, your family, or be competent

According to Der Spiegel, the German authorities had been tipped to the attack, 3 weeks in advance, but did nothing... and instead covered up the tip for 40 years. The German authorities botched every level of this crisis. The Israeli's took justice into their own hands later.

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