Connollystraße (Munich)

Germany / Bayern / Munich
 olympic venue, street, invisible, notable event
Connollystraße 31 was the house where the Palestinian terror organisation "Black September" kidnapped 11 Israeli Olympians on September 5th, 1972. Two of them died quickly due to shoot wounds inflicted by their kidnappers; the other 9 died in a botched and dilletantic attempt by German authorities to free the hostages.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_massacre
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Coordinates:   48°10'48"N   11°33'0"E
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