Munich massacre

The original intention of the Olympic Games is to let people lay down their weapons, but in the early modern Olympic Games, due to insufficient attention to security work, there have also been bloody tragedies. 1972 at the Munich Olympic games, nine Israeli athletes were killed by terrorists, which is known as the "Munich massacre" in history. The bloodshed shocked people in the sports field and prompted the subsequent Olympic Games to strengthen security.

1In the early morning of September 5, 972, eight Palestinian "Black September" commandos crossed the gate of the Olympic Village according to the pre-arranged plan and entered the building 3 1 where the Israeli delegation was stationed. In the dormitory of Israeli players and officials on the second floor, they killed a coach and an athlete who arrived at the news, and then hijacked nine athletes and two.

The German police and the German government responded immediately. They set up an emergency response team in conjunction with the Bavarian state government and put forward many solutions according to the situation at that time. But in the face of the tough attitude of terrorists, the plan was rejected one by one. By this time, the hijackers had killed two hostages.

The incident was deadlocked, but "Black September" couldn't stand the deadlock. The terrorists began to carry out their threats, shot and killed an excellent Israeli weightlifter, and warned that if their demands were not met within three hours, they would kill one hostage every hour until they were all killed! At this time, the International Olympic Committee actively negotiated with the governments of several cities related to this, hoping to take the hijackers out of Munich first. At the suggestion of Arab countries, Egypt agreed to open Cairo airport. But at this time, in the face of the demand of "Black September", Israeli Prime Minister Mrs. Golda Meyer resolutely rejected their request to release political prisoners in custody; "Black September" resolutely rejected the West Germany Crisis Management Team and the International Olympic Committee in exchange for the release of hostages in exchange for the condition of leaving West Germany safely.

After various complicated negotiations, the hijackers agreed to take nine hostages to a third country. However, the former West German government did not want to lose face for this matter. In order to recover its political influence, they are determined to solve the problem at the airport. German special forces fired at the terrorists when they turned from helicopters to large passenger planes. The terrorists knew they had been cheated, blew up the helicopter and shot all the Israeli hostages! Eight terrorists were killed in the random guns of German commandos!

After the tragedy, the Israeli delegation returned home early for security reasons. On September 6th, the Olympic Games was suspended for one day. The five-ring flag was lowered in the main stadium, and all the athletes and coaches mourned for the victims. Therefore, this Olympic Games has also been postponed to September 1 1, which is the first time in the history of the Olympic Games. The Munich tragedy marks that terrorism has become a shadow over the Olympic Games, and it also urges all subsequent Olympic Games to pay attention to and attach importance to safety as the primary issue.