6th September 1972: Olympic athletes killed in the Munich massacre

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6th September 2019

6th September 1972: Olympic athletes killed in the Munich massacre

Shortly after midnight on the morning of the 6^th September 1972, nine Israeli Olympic athletes were killed by Palestinian terrorists from the Black September group in the Munich massacre.

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