Mohammed Safady

Mohammed Safady
Born1953 (age 71–72)
OccupationMember of Black September
Known forParticipating in the 1972 Munich massacre

Mohammed Safady (Arabic: محمد الصفدي, romanized: Muḥammad al-Ṣafadī; born 1953) is a Palestinian militant and one of eight Black September members who perpetrated the Munich massacre, in which they invaded the Israeli quarters at the Munich Olympic Village during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, taking hostage nine of the Israeli Olympic delegation after killing Israeli wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg and weightlifter Yossef Romano in the initial takeover.

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