Munich+1972+6

__**Munich 1972**__
 * Caroline Herbert and Lanier Doty**

There was also a leader of the Israelis that the Palestinians held hostage aswell.
 * Who**- Eight Palestinians killed two members of the Israeli team and nine others were held hostage.

All competitions were suspended and a memorial service was held in the Olympic stadium.
 * What**- Eight Palestinian terrorists invaded the Olympic games. It was a disaster,


 * When**- September 5th, 1972


 * Where**- Munich, Germany

They wanted to kill and hurt the Israelis because they were imprisioning their citizens. When Palestine was created in the state of Israel, the Palestinians immediatly went to war with the Israeli's. There has been contraveries sense then. The Israeli's were imprisoning the Palestinians and the Palestinians did not like that at all and they wanted their people free so they did this terrible thing in the Munich Olympics in 1972.
 * Why**- The terrorists wanted 234 Palestinians and other prisoners held in Israeli prisons released.

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Israeli Memorial

__**More Information**__ On the early morning of 5 September, eight Palestinian terrorists broke into the Olympic Village, killed two members of the Israeli team and took nine more hostage. In another battle, all nine Israeli hostages were killed, also killed were five of the terrorists and one policeman. The Olympics were suspended and there was a memorial service in the main stadium. The International Olympic Committee ordered the competitions to resume after 34 hours.

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