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Aging Japanese militant in Beirut marks 1972 Israel attack

Kozo Okamoto's long life after Israel suicide mission

Beirut, LEBANON: Kozo Okamoto’s life should have ended in 1972 when he took part in a suicide attack on Israel’s Lod airport that killed 26 people. Yet half a century and two stints in prison later, he is still alive, leading an uneventful existence as Lebanon’s first and only political refugee. Now a frail, grey-haired man, Kozo Okamoto is still wanted in his native Japan but

Kozo Okamoto's long life after Israel suicide mission 50 years ago

Shortly after the 1972 Lod airport massacre, in which 26 people were murdered, the Japanese terrorist was arrested and sentenced to life, but was eventually released in a 1985 prisoner exchange and granted asylum in Lebanon

Kozo Okamoto's long life after Israel suicide mission

Kozo Okamoto's life should have ended in 1972 when he took part in a suicide attack on Israel's Lod airport that killed 26 people.

Palestinians in Beirut mark 1972 attack on Israel airport