Red Army member Okamoto granted political asylum in Lebanon

Red Army member Okamoto granted political asylum in Lebanon

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Japanese Red Army member Kozo Okamoto clenching his fist at his first trial at a Beirut court in June 1997. Okamoto, 57, was granted political asylum in Lebanon on March 17. Okamoto and four other Japanese Red Army members were arrested in Lebanon in February 1997 for using forged passports and sentenced to three years in prison. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in Israel for taking part in a terrorist attack at Tel Aviv's Lod airport in May 1972 but released in 1985 after 13 years in prison.

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