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- 1 2 Times, Roberto Suro and Special To the New York. "5 Die in Blast Outside U.S.O. in Naples".
- ↑ Times, John Tagliabue and Special To the New York. "Rome Explosions Shake U.S. and British Embassies and Wreck Car".
- ↑ "Police today were looking for a suspected Japanese terrorist..."
- ↑ MONTALBANO, WILLIAM D. (16 April 1988). "Japanese Terrorist Sought in USO Blast in Naples" – via LA Times.
- ↑ Times, Robert Hanley and Special To the New York. "U.S. Links Man With 3 Bombs To a Terror Plot".
- ↑ "Jury Indicts Fugitive In Uso Bombing".