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"Arab Commando Group Seizes Members of the Israeli Olympic Team at their Quarters at the Munich Olympic Village"

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By: Kurt Strumpf

Date: September 5, 1972

Source: The Associated Press.

About the Photographer: Kurt Strumpf was a photographer for The Associated Press, an international wire service that provides news and photographs to news agencies around the world.

INTRODUCTION

When it occurred, the attack on the Israeli Olympic delegation to the 1972 Summer Olympics was one of the most shocking acts of terrorism ever carried out.

The events began 4:30 A.M. on September 5, 1972 as the Israeli athletes were sleeping in their rooms in the Olympic village in...