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18h 59min, sep 5, 1972 y - Operation Sunshine

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Police officers create the plan Operation Sunshine to try and storm the apartment and catch the terrorists by surprise. However, the entire procedure of police officers setting up to attack was filmed and aired live on TV. The Black September group was watching the entire time and yelled out at the police officers to stop or they would kill the hostages.

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18h 59min, sep 5, 1972 y
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~ 53 years ago