The World - News from April 16, 1986
A truck exploded and burned in what was believed to be an attempt by suspected radicals to fire homemade rockets at the U.S. Yokota Air Base, the headquarters for American forces in Japan, officials said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage in the incident, which occurred about 25 miles west of Tokyo. Police who extinguished the flames found five pipes believed to have been used as crude rocket launchers and a timer rigged to the vehicle.
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