On September 22, 1972, a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September took 11 Israeli Olympic athletes hostage at the Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. The athletes were eventually killed in a botched rescue attempt, and the event shocked the world. The massacre highlighted the vulnerability of international sporting events to terrorist attacks. The tragedy was a turning point in the security measures for the Olympics and other global events. The deaths of the athletes brought global attention to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the politics of terrorism.