Ex-Red Army head Shigenobu gets 20 yrs for French Embassy seizur

Ex-Red Army head Shigenobu gets 20 yrs for French Embassy seizur

TOKYO, Japan - Mei Shigenobu (L), eldest daughter of Fusako Shigenobu, speaks at a press conference, after her mother, former leader of the Japanese Red Army, was sentenced by the Tokyo District Court to 20 years in prison for masterminding the seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague in September 1974. (Kyodo)

Ex-Red Army head Shigenobu gets 20 yrs for French Embassy seizur

Ex-Red Army head Shigenobu gets 20 yrs for French Embassy seizur

TOKYO, Japan - Mei Shigenobu (L), eldest daughter of Fusako Shigenobu, speaks at a press conference, after her mother, former leader of the Japanese Red Army, was sentenced by the Tokyo District Court to 20 years in prison for masterminding the seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague in September 1974. (Kyodo)

Ex-Red Army head Shigenobu gets 20 yrs for French Embassy seizur

Ex-Red Army head Shigenobu gets 20 yrs for French Embassy seizur

TOKYO, Japan - Mei Shigenobu, eldest daughter of Fusako Shigenobu, former leader of the Japanese Red Army, arrives at the Tokyo District Court to hear a court ruling on her mother. The court later sentenced Fusako to 20 years in prison for masterminding the seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague in September 1974. (Kyodo)

Ex-Red Army head Shigenobu gets 20 yrs for French Embassy seizur

Ex-Red Army head Shigenobu gets 20 yrs for French Embassy seizur

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo District Court sentenced Fusako Shigenobu (in file photo), former leader of the Japanese Red Army, to 20 years in prison on Feb. 23 for masterminding the seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague in September 1974. The court determined Shigenobu, 60, had a hand in the embassy seizure undertaken by three other members of the Japanese Red Army, despite the fact that she denied her involvement. (Kyodo)