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Terror strikes the Munich Olympic games in West Germany as Arab guerrillas attack the Israeli delegation, Palestinian terrorists kill 2 athletes and take 9 others and their coaches hostage. Meir appeals to other countries to "save our citizens and condemn the unspeakable criminal acts committed"
Fencing coach Andre Spitzer, who spoke fluent German, and shooting coach Kehat Shorr, the senior member of the Israeli delegation, had a brief conversation with German officials while standing at the second-floor window of the besieged building
Fencing coach Andre Spitzer, who spoke fluent German, and shooting coach Kehat Shorr, the senior member of the Israeli delegation, had a brief conversation with German officials while standing at the second-floor window of the besieged building
The Munich attackers demand the release and safe passage to Egypt of 234 Palestinians and non-Arabs jailed in Israel, along with two German terrorists held by the German penitentiary system, Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof
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