TOKYO, April 1 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) on Tuesday set up a new unit specializing in investigating lone offender terrorism, which involves attacks by people who do not belong to any organizations or groups.

The launch of the first such police section in Japan is dedicated to preventing terrorist attacks by lone offenders on important persons and facilities.

"There is a need to take thorough measures against lone offender terrorism," MPD Superintendent-General Yuji Sakoda said at an inaugural ceremony for the section, citing the World Exposition in the western Japanese city of Osaka and a House of Councillors election scheduled for this year.

The move followed a series of such attacks in recent years, including the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 and a bomb attack on then Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in 2023. Enditem

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