The terrorists threw Weinberg's body out of the front door to demonstrate their resolve. Munich Police Chief Manfred Schreiber and Interior Minister Bruno Merk negotiated with the hostage-takers directly, offering them an unlimited amount of money in return for the safe release of the Israeli hostages. The offer was declined. Egyptian advisers to the Arab League Magdi Gohary and Mohammad Khadif and A.D. Touny, an Egyptian member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), also tried to negotiate with the terrorists but to no avail. .
At 4.30pm, a small squad of German police was sent to the Olympic Village. They were disguised as athletes wearing Olympic tracksuits and carrying submachine guns. They planned to crawl through the ventilation shafts and eliminate the terrorists inside. As they took up positions on the rooftop the media cameras were filming them live on television. The terrorists could see the attack on television and threatened to kill two more hostages. The assault was called off. .
Negotiators demanded to speak with the hostages directly to confirm that the Israeli's were still alive. Fencing master Andre Spitzer and shooting coach Kehat Shorr emerged at the second-floor window to talk with German officials while two kidnappers held guns to them. As Spitzer replied to a question he was struck by one of the terrorist's AK47's in full view of the media and then taken back inside out of view. Walter Troger, the Olympic Mayor, was allowed to briefly enter the building to speak with the Israeli athletes. Troger spoke of being deeply moved by the dignity with which the Israeli's held themselves, and that they seemed resigned to their fate. [Reeve, Simon] At 6pm the terrorist's made a new demand for safe transportation to Cairo, Egypt. The authorities agreed to the demand, although Egyptian Prime Minister Aziz Sedki made it clear that the Egyptians did not want to get involved in the hostage crisis.