A glance at some sporting events and teams that have been affected by attacks and threats:
Munich Olympic Games massacre
Sept 5-6, 1972
A Palestinian terrorist group, going by the name of "Black September," took the Israeli Olympic team hostage and eventually killed 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games.
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A Palestinian terrorist wearing a balaclava looks over the balcony of the Israeli team quarters at Building 31 of the Munich Olympic Village. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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Family members cry during the funerals of Israeli Olympic team victims taken hostage by the Palestinian terrorists, in Tel Aviv, Israel, in September 1972. The Munich Games tragedy leave all hostages, five of the Palestinian kidnappers and a German policeman dead. [Photo/icpress.cn] |