Kozo Okamoto, the Japanese terrorist who participated in the 1972 Lod Airport massacre, has died in Beirut. According to reports, he suffered severe mental deterioration since his release from Israeli prison and believed he was an electric kettle for most of his final years.
The Zioneer reported earlier this evening that Kozo Okamoto, the Japanese terrorist accused of the 1972 Lod Airport massacre, died in Beirut at age 78. New details indicate that Okamoto, who had been living in the Lebanese capital since his release from an Israeli prison, suffered severe mental deterioration over the years. According to reports, he believed he was an electric kettle for most of his final years. Okamoto was a member of the Japanese Red Army and carried out the attack on behalf of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
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