On Sept 5-6, 1972, over the course of 20 hours during the Munich Olympic Games, 11 Israeli athletes and coaches were tortured and murdered by the terrorist group, Black September, an affiliate of the Palestine Liberation Organization. For 49 years, this darkest of episodes received no official Olympic commemoration. The victims were eventually <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;honoured for the first time&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57924111#:~:text=The%20victims%20of%20the%20terror%20attack%20at%20the,Israeli%20athletes%20killed%20by%20Palestinian%20gunmen%20in%201972.&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57924111#:~:text=The%20victims%20of%20the%20terror%20attack%20at%20the,Israeli%20athletes%20killed%20by%20Palestinian%20gunmen%20in%201972." data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click">honoured for the first time</a> at the opening ceremonies of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.&nbsp;

Dreyfus affair haunts the country still{ai:summary}In a grim shadow cast over the 1972 Munich Olympics, Black September took 11 Israeli lives in a tale of brutality and indifference. Nearly half a century later, the ghosts of that day found posthumous recognition at the Tokyo Olympics, a long-overdue homage to their sacrifice. #history

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