Germany will compensate 28 million euros in the "Munich tragedy"

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 3rd, the German government confirmed on September 2 that Germany will compensate relatives of the "Munich tragedy" in 1972 for a total of 28 million euros.

On December 17, 2020, in Berlin, the capital of Germany, two visitors watched the German Presidential Palace lit up by the light. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Shan Yuqi

In the German Ministry of Political Affairs, a spokesman for the Ministry of Political Affairs announced the news that the federal government would compensate 22.5 million euros, and the remaining compensation came from the Bavarian government and Munich.

On September 5, 1972, eight members of the "Black September" of the Age -Black Organization of Palestine sneaked in the Munich Summer Olympic Village Israeli delegation with weapons, killed 2 people, and hijacked 9 people. The federal German police at the time launched rescue operations, but all nine hostages were killed, and another policeman and five hijacks died.

The relatives of the victims of the party have always accused the Germans of insufficient security measures, poor rescue, and rejection of compensation.

September 5th this year is the 50th anniversary of the Munich tragedy. Israeli President Isaac Hurzog scheduled to attend the commemorative event with German President Frank Walter Steinmier in Munich.

On September 5, 2012, at the entrance of the Munich Olympic Village in Munich, Germany, he reduced his sorrow at the entrance of the Munich Village. Xinhua News Agency reporter Song Guocheng Photo

The German government announced on August 31 that it had reached a compensation agreement with relatives of the victims, but did not announce the amount. Steinmel and Herzog issued a joint statement on the same day, and the Germans acknowledged its "responsibility."

The German government spokesman Stephen Hei Beisti Tite said on September 2 that Prime Minister Olaf Santhaz was "very happy" to reach an agreement and "Germany emphasized that it was in 1972 and after dozens of dozens of subsequent dozens of dozens. The mistakes committed during the year. " (Hui Xiaoshuang)

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