One of the three surviving Olympic attackers from 1972 is said to have remained undisturbed in Berlin for 13 years. The police in Bavaria would have been informed, but it was not clear how reliable the informant was at the time.
That reports the Süddeutsche Zeitung on Saturday. The Palestinian terrorist would commute between West and East Berlin almost daily. A man from the Federal Criminal Police Office has also informed the police in Bavaria about this. However, its reliability had not been clarified, according to the file. This is now stored in the State Archives of Munich and has limited access. It is still unclear whether the information was ever acted upon.
“The question arises whether the police have become active at all or have refrained from a possible arrest in order not to risk attacks by militant Palestinians in the Federal Republic,” the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” quoted Munich historian Dominik Aufleger as saying. He would have had access to the files. The theory of individual survivors goes one step further: according to them, the hijacking of the Lufthansa plane “Kiel” was only fictitious.
Do you have a government deal?
The report now fuels the theory put forward by Israeli survivors in particular: the German government allegedly struck a deal with the Palestinians to prevent further attacks in Germany. In return, the killers must be released. A spokesman for the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior said on Saturday that a committee of historians is responsible for processing the files.
On September 5, 1972, a Palestinian terrorist commando attacked the Israeli team during the Munich Olympics. Eleven people were taken hostage and later died in shootings. The dead included a police officer and five of the eight terrorists. Three of the attackers survived and were arrested, but were later released with the help of an airplane hijacking.
Decades of Negotiations
Police and authorities have admitted serious errors and omissions. Just a few days ago, the relatives of the Israeli victims agreed with the German government on compensation of 28 million euros.
Source: Krone
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