A man named Satoshi Kirishima (70), a member of the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front wanted for his involvement in a series of corporate bombings in the 1970s, died last month at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture. According to interviews with investigators, the Metropolitan Police Department has identified the suspect as the suspect.
The Metropolitan Police Department plans to send documents to prosecutors on the 27th, with the suspect still dead.
Among the series of corporate bombings caused by the extremist East Asia Anti-Japanese Armed Front, he was accused of being involved in the April 1975 bombing of the Korea Institute of Industrial Economics building in Ginza, Tokyo. The wanted suspect, who identified himself as Satoshi Kirishima, died on the 29th of last month at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture.
The Metropolitan Police Department searched his home on the 2nd of this month and conducted DNA testing on his relatives, and as a result, they identified him as the suspect, according to an interview with investigators.
When interviewed by investigators at the hospital, he denied any involvement in the incident for which he was wanted, but hinted that he was involved in another bombing incident.
The Metropolitan Police Department plans to submit documents to prosecutors on the 27th, with the suspect still dead, on suspicion of being involved in five consecutive corporate bombings.