Incident Date:
August 22, 1975
Incident Successful: No
Location: Unknown Canada
Perpetrators: Japanese Red Army Rengo Sekig (JURA - JRA)
Event Type: Unknown
Weapon Type(s): Unknown
Organization Type: Leftist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: Yes
Target Information
1- Unknown
Canadian Target: No
Canadian Victim:
Canadian Perpetrator:
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "08/22/1975: A member of the Japanese Red Army (JRA), Yohima Gyoja, was arrested when he attempted to enter the United States from Canada using a forged voter registration card and another false document. Gyoja was alleged to have been a member of the JRA's Operation Translation plan to kidnap Japanese businessmen in West Germany. It was believed he was attempting to enter the U.S. to sabotage the visit of Emperor Hirohito scheduled for 10/1975."
References: 1) "Mickolus, Edward F. (1980). Trasnational Terrorism: Chronology of Events, 1968-1979. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 538."
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