DNA Test Confirms Dying Construction Worker Was One Of Japan's Most Wanted Criminals
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The 70-year-old is also believed to have been involved in four other attacks the ground carried out.
A DNA test has confirmed that a 70-year-old man who claimed to be one of Japan's most wanted criminals was telling the truth. According to the BBC, Satoshi Kirishima made his confession on his hospital deathbed last month. "I want to meet my death with my real name," he told the police. Now, a month later, officials have confirmed that the 70-year-old was indeed Kirishima, a member of a militant group behind several deadly bombings in the 1970s. He was wanted for nearly 50 years.
It is unclear how Kirishima remained at large for so many years. He is suspected of helping plant a homemade bomb that blasted away parts of a building in Tokyo's Ginza district in 1975, the outlet reported. There were no casualties. Back then, he belonged to the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front, a radical, left-wing organisation believed to be behind several bombings against companies in Tokyo in the 70s - including one targeting a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries building which left eight dead and more than 160 injured.
The 70-year-old is also believed to have been involved in four other attacks the ground carried out. Two other members of the group were sentenced to death for their involvement in attacks. It is thought he is the only member of the group never caught by the cops.
