Nearly all U.S. mass attackers were male and faced major life stressor, report finds

Posted on AllSides January 26th, 2023
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The U.S. Secret Service has released a first-of-its-kind report that analyzes 173 mass attacks that took place in the country from 2016-2020.

It's the first time the agency has put together trends collected from five years of data; the report examines everything from when in the year the attacks took place, to behavioral changes exhibited in the attackers. The report, which comes from the agency's National Threat Assessment Center, looked at attacks that harmed at least three individuals, not including the attacker.

The report comes just days after two shootings in California...

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https://www.npr.org/2023/01/26/1151374507/a-look-at-key-takeaways-in-a-secret-service-report-on-mass-attacks-from-2016-202

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