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Israeli families of 1972 Munich Olympics victims to boycott ceremony-Bild

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/File Photo

The families of Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics plan to boycott a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the attack in a row with German authorities over compensation, Bild newspaper reported on Thursday.

Widows of the victims wrote to the premier of the state of Bavaria, saying: "50 years of insults, lies, humiliation and rejection by the German government and especially the Bavarian authorities are more than enough", Bild said, citing the letter.

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