The Assassination Of The Terrorists In The Olympics

The gunshots seemed to be brisk. After the shots ended the entire world was calm. Two of my fellow Israeli Olympic team mates were killed. It was September 4th, 1972 at the Munich Germany Olympics. It was around 4 am when the gunmen made their way to the rooms where the Israeli team is staying. They break into the Olympic housing.

My teammates and I awoke to hearing gunshots around us. When the booming stopped we realized the terrorists were not in our room, but in the rooms next to us. The terrorist had hit the rooms next to us, but in my favor they didn’t break into our room. The terrorists took nine of my fellow Israeli athlete’s hostage.

One of the terrorists placed a body outside of the houses so the police would know that the terrorists were there. When the officers found the dead body on the sidewalk, they contacted the police chief to come investigate. When the police chief arrived, they found out this was no accident. This was the black September terrorist group trying to bring terror to the Olympics.

The note was a demand list. The terrorists wanted all of the Palestinian prisoners in Israel released by 6:20am consequently if the prisoner’s weren’t released the hostages would be shot. The police didn’t know how many terrorists were involved so the police convinced the terrorists to let the main security of the Olympic Games come to check on the athletes and coaches that were held hostage. “They (the terrorists) were trying to negotiate — they started demanding all kinds of things, that their people be released.” said Alon. When the Olympic security men go inside of the room with the hostages their main job was to count the number of terrorists that were