The 1972 Olympics in Munich were marred by a terrorist attack on Israeli Olympic team members by eight members of the Palestinian militant organization Black September. The terrorists infiltrated the Olympic Village, killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team, and took nine others hostage. The attack took place on September 5, 1972, during the second week of the Olympics. The hostages were taken from the quarters of the Israeli Olympic team, and the terrorists demanded the release of 200 Palestinian prisoners in Israel. The situation ended tragically, with all the hostages, five of their captors, and a West German policeman being killed in a failed rescue attempt. The attack was the first time a terrorist group had targeted the Olympics, and it had lasting repercussions on an international scale, waking up Western governments to the threat of terrorism. The Games were suspended for a total of 34 hours, with a memorial for the Israelis held in the main competition stadium the morning of September 6. The tragedy brought the Games to a halt and cast a long shadow over what had been theretofore a memorably joyful Games.