(ANSA) - BERLIN, 05 SEPT - To the relatives of the victims of Munich 1972 "I ask forgiveness on behalf of Germany".
"The Israeli athletes were not safe, they were not protected, they were killed by terrorists in our country. Our country was not ready".
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said this today at the commemoration ceremony for the lastrage of the 1972 Munich Olympics. subsequent failure of the liberation operation by the German police.
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