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Leakage

Intentional or unintentional communication of intent to commit violence to a third party. One of TRAP-18's eight proximal warning behaviours and the most consistently documented in retrospective lone-actor case analyses. Can occur online (manifestos, forum posts) or offline (verbal disclosures to acquaintances or clinicians).

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