Attackers who commit mass violence frequently display threatening or violent behavior well before an incident and often suffer a major life setback in the year prior to an attack, according to a newly released analysis by the US Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center.
“The analysis found that most attackers had experienced a significant stressor within a year of their attack, including from financial, family and health issues and that half of the attackers were motivated at least in part by some grievance, including workplace issues, perceived personal wrongs, and domestic issues,” the report said.
Analysts with the National Threat Assessment Center reviewed 173 mass casualty incidents between 2016 and 2020 in which three or more people were killed or injured in public or semi-public areas such as places of worship, businesses and schools.
In attacks where firearms were used, over 75% of…
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