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[REGNUM] "Shameful" German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called the fact that the relatives of Israeli athletes who died in the terrorist attack at the Olympics in Munich in 1972 received compensation only now - after 50 years. He stated this during a meeting with Israeli President Chaim Herzog, who is in Germany on an official visit.
“The fact that it took 50 years to reach this agreement (on the payment of compensation - ed.) is really shameful,” Polskoye Radio reports Steinmeier’s words .
Earlier, at the end of August, it was announced that an agreement had been reached between the families of the dead athletes and the German government on the payment of compensation. The German government has acknowledged its responsibility - 23 Israeli families will receive compensation totaling 28 million euros.
“For too long, we have refused to acknowledge the pain of those who have lost loved ones. And for too long we did not want to admit that we also bear our share of responsibility, ”said the German president, newsru.ru reports.
On September 5, 1972, during the XX Olympic Games, which were held in Munich, eight Palestinian terrorists from the Black September group entered the premises where Israeli athletes lived. In doing so, they killed two athletes and took nine as hostages. In an unsuccessful attempt to free the hostages by the German police, all the hostages, five terrorists and one policeman were killed.
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