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		</div><p>Donald Trump has explained remarks that suggested Sweden had suffered a terrorist attack by saying they referred to something he saw on television.</p>
<p>The president had baffled people in Sweden with his comments, made at his campaign rally in Florida on Saturday night.</p>
<p>Mr Trump said: &#8220;You look at what&#8217;s happening in Germany, you look at what&#8217;s happening last night in Sweden.<br />
&#8220;Sweden, who would believe this? Sweden. They took in large numbers. They&#8217;re having problems like they never thought possible. You look at what&#8217;s happening in Brussels, you look at what&#8217;s happening all over the world. Take a look at Nice, take a look at Paris.&#8221;</p>
<p>The comment prompted a barrage of social media reaction, with hundreds of tweets, and a local newspaper published a list of events that happened on Friday that appeared to have no connections to any terror-like activity.</p>
<p>On Sunday, Mr Trump used Twitter to explain: &#8220;My statement as to what&#8217;s happening in Sweden was in reference to a story that was broadcast on @FoxNews concerning immigrants &#038; Sweden.&#8221;</p>
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<p>White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Mr Trump was talking about rising crime and recent incidents in general, not referring to a specific issue.</p>
<p>The president may be referring to a segment aired on Friday night in the US on the Fox News Channel show Tucker Carlson Tonight.</p>
<p>It reported that Sweden had accepted more than 160,000 asylum-seekers last year but only 500 of the migrants had found jobs in the country.</p>
<p>The report, which was illustrated with video of broken windows and fires, went on to say that a surge in gun violence and rape had followed the influx of immigrants.</p>
<p>Reacting to Mr Trump&#8217;s original remarks, Sweden&#8217;s foreign ministry spokeswoman Catarina Axelsson said the government was not aware of any &#8220;terror-linked major incidents&#8221;.</p>
<p>Sweden&#8217;s Security Police said it had no reason to change the terror threat level.</p>
<p>&#8220;Nothing has occurred which would cause us to raise that level,&#8221; agency spokesman Karl Melin said.<br />
Former Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt tweeted: &#8220;Sweden? Terror attack? What has he been smoking? Questions abound.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Addressing Mr Trump, the Aftonbladet newspaper wrote: &#8220;This happened in Sweden Friday night, Mr President.&#8221;<br />
It listed in English some events that included a man being treated for severe burns, an avalanche warning and police chasing a drunken driver.</p>
<p>Sweden, which has a long reputation for welcoming refugees and migrants, had a record 163,000 asylum applications in 2015. The country has since cut back on the number it annually accepts.</p>
<p>Its most recent attack linked to extremism happened in the capital, Stockholm, in December 2010.<br />
An Iraqi-born Swede detonated two explosive devices, including one that killed him but no-one else.</p>
<p>In the month he has been president, Mr Trump&#8217;s remarks and those of his staff have fuelled numerous news media &#8220;fact checks&#8221; pointing out inaccuracies and falsehoods.</p>
<p>On the subject of terrorism, Trump counsellor Kellyanne Conway referred to a &#8220;Bowling Green Massacre&#8221; that never occurred.</p>
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