What is Munich massacre?
{{Infobox terrorist attack | title = Munich massacre | image = MunichIsraeliOlympicFront.jpg |caption = Front view of Connollystraße 31 in 2007. The window of Apartment 1 is to the left of and below the balcony. | map=| coordinates= {{coord|48|10|47|N|11|32|57|E|region:DE-BY_scale:50000_type:event|display=inline,title}} | location = [[Munich]], [[West Germany]] | target = [[Israel at the 1972 Summer Olympics|Israeli Olympic team]] | date = {{start date|1972|9|5}} – {{end date and age|1972|9|6}} | time = 4:31 am – 12:04 am | timezone = [[UTC]]+1 | type = {{plainlist| * [[Hostage-taking]] * [[Mass shooting]] * [[Massacre]] }} | fatalities = {{longitem |{{nowrap|17 total }} (12 victims, 5 perpetrators; ''[[#List of fatalities|see list]]'')}} * 6 Israeli coaches * 5 Israeli athletes * 1 West German police officer * 5 Black September members | perps = [[Black September Organization|Black September]] | motive = [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]] }} The '''Munich massacre''' was an attack that happened on 5-6 September during the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] in [[Munich]], [[Bavaria]], [[Germany]]. 11 members of the [[Israel]] Olympic team were [[murder]]ed after being taken [[hostage]]. A German police officer was also killed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Messages from 'Munich' |last=Breznican |first=Anthony |date=22 December 2005 |work=USAToday |publisher=Gannett Co. |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2005-12-21-munich_x.htm |accessdate=17 April 2009}}</ref> The militants demanded the [[Israel]]i [[government]] to release 234 prisoners held in Israeli jails.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,54669,00.html |title=Revisiting the Olympics' Darkest Day |date=12 September 2000 |work=Time |first=Tony |last=Karon |accessdate=13 May 2010 |archive-date=6 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106000902/http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,54669,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Of the eight attackers, five were ki