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How many Israeli Olympic team members died in the Black September attack at the Munich Olympics?
Two were killed at the apartment on 5 September 1972; nine more died at Fürstenfeldbruck.
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The Black September Attack on the Israeli Olympic Team at the Munich Olympics on 5-6 September 1972 That Killed Eleven Israeli Athletes Eight members of the Palestinian Black September Organization entered the Israeli Olympic team quarters at the Munich Olympic Village before dawn on 5 September 1972. They killed two Israelis at the apartment and took nine others hostage. The hostage crisis ended with a failed German rescue operation at Fürstenfeldbruck airfield on the night of 5-6 September that killed all nine remaining hostages, five attackers, and one West German policeman.
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