In forensic psychiatry, a pseudocommando is a mass murderer who commits premeditated murder–suicide mass killings driven by revenge fantasies, [1] [2] typically involving the stockpiling of weapons followed by a heavily armed commando-style attack. [3] [4]
They typically see their actions through a narcissistic lens as being morally justified in revenge against their unfair treatment by an uncaring world, and wish to "go out in a blaze of glory". [5]
Some observers have divided mass killers into three categories: pseudocommandos, family annihilators, and hit-and-run killers. [6] [7]
In forensic psychiatry, a pseudocommando is a mass murderer who commits premeditated murder–suicide mass killings driven by revenge fantasies, [1] [2] typically involving the stockpiling of weapons followed by a heavily armed commando-style attack. [3] [4]
They typically see their actions through a narcissistic lens as being morally justified in revenge against their unfair treatment by an uncaring world, and wish to "go out in a blaze of glory". [5]
Some observers have divided mass killers into three categories: pseudocommandos, family annihilators, and hit-and-run killers. [6] [7]