Terrorism most directly affected the Olympic Games in 1972 . When the Summer Games were held in Munich , Germany , eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September in what is now known as the Munich massacre . The terrorists killed two of the athletes soon after they had taken them hostage and killed the other nine during a failed liberation attempt . A German police officer and five terrorists also perished . Following the selection of Barcelona , Spain to host the 1992 Summer Olympics , the separatist ETA terrorist organisation launched attacks in the region , including the 1991 Vic bombing that killed ten people in a town that would also hold events
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