Ex-Red Army Faction member gets 12 yrs for 1970 JAL hijacking

Ex-Red Army Faction member gets 12 yrs for 1970 JAL hijacking

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo District Court on Feb. 14 sentenced former Red Army Faction member Yoshimi Tanaka (file photo) to a 12-year jail term for his involvement in the 1970 hijacking of a Japan Airlines plane. Tanaka and eight other Red Army Faction members hijacked the Boeing 727 on March 31, 1970, after it left Tokyo bound for Fukuoka, southwestern Japan.

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