Yu Kikumura
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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
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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.

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