Dying man revealed in hospital that he was fugitive on run for 50 years

A wanted poster for Satoshi Kirishima who was identified in a hospital days before he died (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

A man who died at a Japanese hospital this week told police before he passed away that he was one of the country’s most wanted fugitives and had been on the run for nearly 50 years.

The man said he was wanted for being part of a radical group that carried out bombings in the 1970s, police said on Friday.