Sujet
Olympic Games 1972: coffin with a killed Israeli
Légende
A coffin with a killed Israeli is carried out of the Munich Olympic village on 6 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
06 sept. 1972
Crédit
Photo12/dpa-pa
Notre référence
DPA13A05_202
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
33,2Mo (1,2Mo) / 33,7cm x 24,7cm / 3980 x 2913 (300dpi)