Fusako Shigenobu

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Fusako Shigenobu ( Japanese 重 信 房子 , Shigenobu Fusako ), married: Fusako Okudaira ( Japanese 奥 平 房子 , Okudaira Fusako ); (Born September 28, 1945 in Setagaya , Tokyo ) was the founder of the radical left-wing underground organization Japanese Red Army . She was arrested in Takatsuki in November 2000 and sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2006.

Shigenobu was reportedly listed as an agent of the GDR State Security in 1987 with the registration number XV 1339/87 and the code name "Bettina" .

literature

  • Kim Cragin, Sara A. Daly: Women as Terrorists: Mothers, Recruiters, and Martyrs . Santa Barbara 2009.
  • William Andrews: The Japanese Red Army Faction. Vienna 2018.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Japanese Red Army founder gets 20 years in prison. Palestine Press News Agency, February 23, 2006, archived from the original August 24, 2011 ; accessed on July 11, 2016 .