TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Police referred to prosecutors Tuesday a 23-year-old man suspected of producing the same explosive as used in the terrorist attacks in Paris in 2015 and Brussels last year.
The man is suspected of making a small amount of triacetone triperoxide, known as TATP, at his home in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, in February last year, according to the police.
He posted on YouTube last year footage showing how to make the explosive from chemicals and drugs sold in stores. The three-minute video has been deleted.
The man told the police he learned from the Internet how to make the substance and reportedly told investigators: "I wanted somebody who watched the footage to produce TATP and explode it."
The Metropolitan Police Department are beefing up vigilance against terrorist plots, in particular by lone-wolf terrorists who do not belong to any extremist groups, ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.
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