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Germany agrees further compensation with families of Munich Olympics victims

FILE PHOTO: Picture shows the entrance of the house where eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team were kidnapped and then killed by the radical Palestinian group Black September, during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, in Munich September 5, 2012. REUTERS/Michael Dalder

Germany has reached agreement on further compensation for families of Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics, a joint statement by the German and Israeli presidents said on Wednesday.

Earlier this month, the families said they were unhappy with the latest German compensation offers and that they planned to boycott a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the attack in protest.

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