### Question
How is the term targeted violence defined?


### Answer
The term **targeted violence** is defined in *6 U.S.C. § 1137a* as the following:

> an incident of violence in which an attacker selected a particular target in order to inflict mass injury or death with no discernable political or ideological motivation beyond mass injury or death

#### Citation:
  - *6 U.S.C. § 1137a*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 4-TRANSPORTATION SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER III-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SECURITY**

