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Olympic Games 1972: a masked Arabian terrorist

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A masked Arabian terrorist on the balcony of the Israeli team accommodation in the Olympic village of the Munich Summer Olympics, on 5 September 1972. Arabian terrorists of the group 'Black September' had attacked the Israeli accommodation in the Olympic village, killed two Israelis and took nine hostages in the morning of 5th September. Their ultimatum: release of 200 imprisoned Palestinians and free passage with the other hostages. In the evening, the terrorists fly with their hostages in two helicopters to the military airport Fürstenfeldbruck. Hours later, the rescue operation fails. All nine hostages, five terrorists, and a Munich police officer lose their lives during the operation, three terrorists get injured and defeated.

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Verwendung weltweit, usage worldwide

Date

05 sept. 1972

Crédit

Photo12/Picture Alliance

Notre référence

DPA13A05_195

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

18,4Mo (759,5Ko) / 18,7cm x 24,6cm / 2213 x 2906 (300dpi)

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