Although charged with multiple crimes related to the massacre , Al-Gashey and his surviving compatriots never stood trial . Nearly eight weeks after the massacre , on 29 October , a Lufthansa jet was hijacked by two Black September members , who demanded the release of the three Munich survivors . The jailed fedayeen were subsequently released by the West German government . When they landed in Libya , they were interviewed , with footage of this press conference being shown in the film '' One Day in September '' . Jamal Al-Gashey can be seen seated in the middle of the three , between his cousin Adnan ( who was believed to be the hostage-taker who shot and killed five of the hostages tied up in one of the helicopters ) and Mohammed Safady . When asked directly if he had killed any of the Israelis , Adnan Al-Gashey simply replied , " It 's not important for me to say if I killed Israelim ( sic ) or not . " It is believed that Al-Gashey has spent the subsequent time since his release in hiding in North Africa . He is married and has two daughters . He is the only member of the group to consent to interviews , having given a brief statement in 1992 to a Palestinian journalist . In 1999 , Al-Gashey emerged from hiding to give a more in-depth interview in the film '' One Day in September '' . Since Al-Gashey believed that Israeli agents were still trying to kill him , he was disguised and his face shown only in blurry shadow as a precaution . Director Kevin Macdonald noted Al-Gashey 's edgy , almost paranoid behavior throughout the interview , but was able to convince him that the film he was working on would only be truly authentic if Al-Gashey gave his side of the story . During the 1999 interview , he explained , I 'm proud of what I did at Munich because it helped the Palestinian cause enormously ... before Munich , the world had no idea about our struggle , but on that day , the name of ' Palestine ' was repeated all around the world .
a Lufthansa jet was hijacked
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Jamal Al-Gashey