 Yu Kikumura in Federal Prison. Photo Department of Homeland Security Yu Kikumura (菊村 憂) is a member of the Japanese terrorist group the Japanese Red Army.
In 1986 Yu Kikumura was arrested at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam carrying a bomb in his luggage. He was later deported to Japan but released on a technicality.
He was arrested on April 12, 1988 at a rest stop on the New Jersey Turnpike by a state trooper who thought he was acting suspiciously. Kikumura was found carrying three 18-inch pipe bombs loaded with gunpowder.
Kikumura was indicted on several counts of interstate transportation of explosive devices and passport violations. After a bench trial on stipulated facts, Kikumura was convicted on November 29, 1988. He is currently serving a sentence of 262 months at a US Federal Prison, Florence, Colorado.
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