Yū Kikumura (菊村 憂, Kikumura Yū, born 1947) was allegedly a member of the Japanese Red Army, an armed militant organization.
Arrest in The Netherlands
editPolice arrested Kikumura in Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam in 1986 when they found him carrying a bomb in his luggage. After spending four months in prison, a judge ruled the search of his luggage was illegal and he was deported to Japan.[1]
Arrest in the United States
editKikumura 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. He was found carrying three 18-inch (46-cm) mercury fulminate pipe bombs hidden in fire extinguishers containing roofing-nail shrapnel. Prosecutors believe that Kikumura had planned to bomb a US Navy recruitment office in the Veteran's Administration building on 34th Street in Manhattan on April 14, the anniversary of the U.S. raid on Libya.[2]
Imprisonment
editKikumura 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.[1] Then U.S. attorney Samuel Alito represented the prosecution. In 1991, his sentence was reduced to 21 years and 10 months.[1]
Release
editKikumura, Federal Bureau of Prisons # 09008-050, was released on April 18, 2007.[3] He had served a sentence of 221 months (slightly more than 18 years) at Florence ADMAX USP.[1]
Upon Kikumura's release he was sent back to Japan via San Francisco International Airport. Upon arrival in Japan he was immediately arrested on charges of falsifying official documents. He was released in October 2007.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Kushner, Harvey W (December 4, 2002). Encyclopedia of Terrorism. SAGE Publications. pp. 203–. ISBN 978-1-4522-6550-6. Archived from the original on April 19, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
- ^ Hanley, Robert (February 4, 1989). "U.S. Links Man With 3 Bombs To a Terror Plot". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 19, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- ^ "Yu Kikumura Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine." Federal Bureau of Prisons. Retrieved on January 6, 2010.
- ^ "Naharnet News Desk". Archived from the original on 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
External links
edit- 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.
- 2006 ruling on release date
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