Asama Sanso incident in central Japan in 1972

Asama Sanso incident in central Japan in 1972

KARUIZAWA, Japan, April 20 Kyodo - A member of a Japanese riot police squad points his gun at a mountain lodge at the center of a hostage crisis known as the Asama Sanso incident in the Nagano Prefecture town of Karuizawa, central Japan, on Feb. 24, 1972. The police operation to rescue a woman taken as a hostage there by armed members of the United Red Army group lasted for 10 days until Feb. 28.

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