Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Shigenobu, Japanese Red Army founder, freed after 20 years

After serving 20 years in prison for her role in a 1974 embassy siege, the co-founder of the Japanese Red Army militant group has been released. Before being apprehended in Osaka, Fusako Shigenobu, 76, had eluded capture for decades. Her once-feared organization had planned to use high-profile terror attacks to spark a global socialist revolution. … Read more