The Munich massacre was an attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, at which eleven Israeli Olympic team members were taken hostage and eventually killed, along with a German police officer, by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September.

Issa turned on the hostages in the eastern helicopter and fired at them with a Kalashnikov assault rifle from point-blank range.

Springer, Halfin and Friedman were killed instantly; Berger, shot twice in the leg, is believed to have survived the initial onslaught.

The attacker then pulled the pin on a hand grenade and tossed it into the cockpit; the ensuing explosion destroyed the helicopter and incinerated the bound Israelis inside.

Al-Gashey stood at the door of the western helicopter and raked the remaining five hostages with machine gun fire.

Gutfreund, Shorr, Slavin, Spitzer and Shapira were shot an average of four times each.

Issa then dashed across the tarmac and began firing at the police, who killed him with return fire.

Khalid Jawad, attempted to escape and was gunned down by one of the snipers.

Al-Gashey had been shot through his right wrist and Mohammed Safady had sustained a flesh wound to his leg.

Adnan Al-Gashey had escaped injury completely.

Tony escaped the scene, but was tracked down with police dogs 40 minutes later in an airbase parking lot.