the radical leftist group was formed more than four decades ago by the convict fusako shigenobu. its members carried out a series of attacks in the 1970s and '80s. one of the deadliest happened in 1972, when they opened fire at an airport in tel-aviv, israel. more than 20 people died and some 80 others were wounded. in 1977, members of the group hijacked a passenger jet in dhaka, bangladesh. at the time, shirosaki was serving a sentence in japan for bank robbery. leaders in tokyo decided to free him and other prisoners in exchange for the hostages. >> translator: it's heartbreaking for the nation under the rule of law to have had to take measures like this. >> reporter: nearly a decade later, shirosaki emerged briefly, this time in the indonesian capital of jakarta. investigators suspect he took part in more attacks on the japanese and american embassies there. but he evaded them until 1996, when he was arrested in nepal. u.s. authorities sentenced him to 30 years in prison for attempted murder in connection to the embassy attack. seven other red army members are still on the int