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Japanese Terrorist Kozo Okamoto, Responsible for 1972 Tel Aviv Airport Massacre, Dies in Beirut at 78
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Kozo Okamoto, the Japanese terrorist who carried out the 1972 massacre at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, has died in Beirut at the age of 78. Okamoto was a member of the Japanese Red Army and committed the attack on behalf of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, killing 24 people. Following the massacre, he was captured and imprisoned in Israel. Okamoto was released in 1985 and subsequently lived in Lebanon until his death.
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