Yu Kikumura
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Yu Kikumura (èæ æ Kikumura YĆ«) is a member of the Japanese terrorist group the Japanese Red Army.
In 1986 Yu Kikumura was arrested at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam 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 by a state trooper who thought he was acting suspiciously. Kikumura was found carrying three 18-inch (46-cm) pipe bombs loaded with gunpowder. Prosecutors said Kikumura had planned to bomb a military recruitment office in the Veteran's Administration building in lower Manhattan on April 14, the anniversary of the U.S. raid on Libya.
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. He is currently serving a sentence of 262 months (slightly less than 22 years) at supermax prison ADX Florence in Florence, Colorado.
[edit] External links
- Kikumura v. Hurley, No. 99-1284, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit Case filed by Kikumura against Warden John Hurley for denying visitation rights by a Methodist minister.
