The Foreign Secretary has paid tribute to the 11 Israeli athletes and the policeman killed in the terrorist attack at the 1972 Munich Olympics, 40 years ago today.
William Hague, who kept his role in the Foreign Office during Tuesday's reshuffle, released a statement in which he reminded people of the fact that the Israeli sportsmen were "innocent" when Palestinian terrorists from the Black September group infiltrated the Olympic Village to kill and kidnap them.
"It was a shocking act of evil which betrayed everything the Olympic movement stands for," said Mr Hague. "On today's sad anniversary we pay tribute to their memory and reiterate our determination to confront terrorism and stand with the victims of terrorism wherever it may occur."
The anniversary will be marked in parliament later today with a Westminster Hall debate on commemorating the massacre, secured by Harrow East MP Bob Blackman.
