10h 30min, sep 5, 1972 y - Ambush at the Airport

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At around 10:30, the Black September group along with their hostages were transported to the Furstenfeldbruck airport. A squad of German policemen and snipers were waiting to ambush them. At the last minute, the policemen make a decision to leave, and left five German snipers. They shot and killed 5 of the terrorists, and captured 3. During the action, one terrorist gunned down half of the Israelis, and another tossed a grenade in the helicopter that the rest of the Israelis were bound in.

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