was allegedly a member of the Japanese Red Army

Japanese Red Army

The was a Communist terrorist group founded by Fusako Shigenobu early in 1971 in Lebanon. It sometimes called itself Arab-JRA after the Lod airport massacre...

, an armed militant organization.

Police arrested Kikumura in Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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 in 1986 when they found him carrying a bomb in his luggage. He was later deported to Japan but released on a technicality.

He was arrested on April 12, 1988 at a rest stop on the New Jersey Turnpike

New Jersey Turnpike

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 by a state trooper who thought he was acting suspiciously. Kikumura was found carrying three 18-inch (46-cm) pipe bombs loaded with gunpowder and roofing nails contained in fire extinguishers. Prosecutors said Kikumura had planned to bomb a US Navy recruitment office in the Veteran's Administration building on 34th Street in Manhattan

Manhattan

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 on April 14, the anniversary of the U.S. raid on Libya

Operation El Dorado Canyon

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.

Kikumura was indicted on several counts of interstate transportation of explosive devices and passport violations. After a bench trial on stipulated facts, Kikumura was convicted on November 29, 1988 to serve 30 years in prison. Then U.S. attorney Samuel Alito

Samuel Alito

Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. is an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and has served on the court since January 31, 2006....

 represented prosecution.

Kikumura, Federal Bureau of Prisons

Federal Bureau of Prisons

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 # 09008-050, was released on April 18, 2007. He had served a sentence of 221 months (slightly more than 18 years) at Florence ADMAX USP.

Upon Kikumura's release he was sent back to Japan via San Francisco International Airport

San Francisco International Airport

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. Upon arrival in Japan he was immediately arrested on charges of falsifying official documents. He was released in October 2007.

External links

• Kikumura v. Hurley, No. 99-1284, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit 2001 Case filed by Kikumura against Warden John Hurley for denying visitation rights by a Methodist minister.
• Kikumura v. Osagie, No. 04-1249, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit 2006 Case filed by Kikumura against Anthony Osagie, a physician's assistant at the prison infirmary, and other officers for a delay in treating his medical emergency. URL accessed 16 January 2007.
• http://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinions/06/06-1110.pdf* 2006 ruling on release date.