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Know how terrorists turned the 1972 Munich Olympics into a bloodbath

New Delhi: The 1972 Munich Olympics were the second Summer Olympics to be held in Germany, after the 1936 Games in Berlin, which had taken place under Nazi regime.But the spirit of the games was


 
On the 5th September 1972 morning, war, politics and religion invaded the Munich Olympics.

Terrorists claiming to be from Black September, a Palestinian guerrilla organisation broke into the Olympic Village dressed as athletes and carrying their weapons in gym bags and opened fire on Israeli athletes. The attack claimed two Israelis and the terrorists took nine hostages.