Saburō Aizawa

Saburo Aizawa
Native name
相沢 三郎
Born(1889-09-06)September 6, 1889
DiedJuly 3, 1936(1936-07-03) (aged 46)
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
Allegiance Empire of Japan
Branch Imperial Japanese Army
Service years1910–1935
Rank Lieutenant Colonel

Saburō Aizawa (Japanese: 相沢 三郎 Aizawa Saburō) (6 September 1889 – 3 July 1936) was a Japanese military officer of the Imperial Japanese Army who assassinated Tetsuzan Nagata in the Aizawa Incident in August 1935. Aizawa was later court-martialed and executed for this murder.