Japanese Red Army leader Fusako Shigenobu was indicted Thursday on charges stemming from the 1974 seizure of the French Embassy in The Hague, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office said.
The office said Shigenobu, 55, conspired with Haruo Wako, 52, and others to try to free a Red Army member who had been arrested and imprisoned in France.
On Sept. 13, 1974, Wako and two other armed Japanese Red Army members stormed the French Embassy in The Hague, confining the French ambassador and 10 others for 101 hours and firing shots at police, seriously injuring two officers.
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