Jun 09 (independent.co.uk) - A suspected murderer who went on the run for 45 years has been arrested in Japan.
Masaaki Osaka, a left-wing revolutionary, has been charged for murdering a police officer during a street protest in Tokyo.
He evaded investigators for almost five decades after he allegedly set the officer on fire using a petrol bomb in 1971.
Osaka was a member of the Revolutionary Communist League National Committee, often referred to as Chukaku-ha, the Japan Times reported.
He was initially arrested for allegedly obstructing police officers who raided an apartment used as a hideout of the Chukaku-ha while searching for a fellow activist.
Source: ANNnewsCH
