Hostages flee the Lindt Cafe during the siege on December 15, 2014. Credit:Getty Images Five of the 78 incidents occurred in Australia, including Man Haron-Monis' 2014 attack on Sydney's Lindt Cafe - in which two innocent people died as well as Monis who was shot dead by police. Experts at the coronial inquest into the December 2014 attack have been divided on whether Monis' actions was an act of terrorism or the result of Monis's mental illness and violent past. At the time the siege made front page news across the world including on The New York Times, The Washington Post and the UK's The Independent and The Daily Telegraph. The White House also lists the stabbing deaths of British backpackers Mia Ayliffe-Chung and Tom Jackson at a Home Hill hostel in August 2016.

Experts at the coronial inquest into the attack have been divided on whether Monis' actions was an act of terrorism or the result of Monis's mental illness and violent past. Credit:Channel Seven French national Smail Ayad, who has been charged with two counts of murder, was allegedly heard yelling "Allahu Akbar" during the attack but police found no evidence to link the Frenchman to extremism or radicalisation. Police allege the 29-year-old had developed a romantic interest in Ms Ayliffe-Chung but it had not been reciprocated. Numan Haider, left, was shot dead after stabbing two police officers in September 2014. Credit:Facebook The other three incidents are:

the September 2014 stabbing of two counter terrorism police by Numan Haider, 18, outside Melbourne's Endeavour Hills police station

the shooting death of NSW police accountant Curtis Cheng as he left NSW Police Headquarters at Parramatta in October 2015

the south-westrn Sydney stabbing of Minto man Wayne Greenhalgh, 58 in September 2016. Ihsas Khan, 22, has been charged with attempted murder and committing a terrorist act. Police have alleged that those three attacks have links to, or been inspired by, Islamic State. Police take aim at Farhad Jabar after he killed Curtis Cheng outside Parramatta police headquarters. Credit:Seven News Also on the list is the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, the Bastille Day attacks in Nice in 2016 and the co-ordinated terror attacks in Paris in November 2015. The White House said "most" on the list did not get sufficient media attention, although it did not explain how it defined the term. Some of the incidents on the list received widespread attention and deep reporting.

Five of the 78 incidents occurred in Australia, including Man Haron-Monis' 2014 attack on Sydney's Lindt Cafe - in which two people died. Credit:Channel Seven The list includes incidents like the truck massacre in Nice, France, that killed dozens and received widespread attention, as well as less high-profile incidents in which nobody was killed. The list appeared to be hastily assembled, including several misspellings. CCTV footage shows the police "Charlie" team storming the cafe. Mr Trump, who has made relentless criticism of the media a hallmark of his presidency, did not explain why he thinks news outlets minimise attention on such attacks.

Later, White House spokesman Sean Spicer tried to tone down the President's remarks, saying it was a question of balance: "Like a protest gets blown out of the water, and yet an attack or a foiled attack doesn't necessarily get the same coverage." Curtis Cheng, pictured with his son Alpha, was shot dead as he left the Parramatta police headquarters on October 2, 2015. Mr Trump had said the "very dishonest" press chose not to report European terrorism attacks. The President has made defeating Islamic State a core goal of his presidency. He did not specify which attacks were going unreported, which news media organisations were ignoring them, or offer details to support his claims. "All over Europe, it's happening. It's gotten to a point where it's not even being reported," he told troops at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida.

"And, in many cases, the very, very dishonest press doesn't want to report it. They have their reasons, and you understand that," he added, without saying what those reasons were. It was Trump's latest salvo against the news media, a favourite target for derision who he says broadly underestimated his chances during the presidential campaign. He has kept up the attacks since his January 20 inauguration. Al Tompkins, at The Poynter Institute, a Florida-based journalism school, dismissed Mr Trump's criticism. "To suggest that journalists have some reason not to report ISIS attacks is just outlandish," Mr Tompkins said. WHITE HOUSE LIST OF 78 UNDER-REPORTED TERRORISM ATTACKS

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

Date: September, 2014

Target: Two police officers wounded in knife attack

Attacker: Abdul Numan Haider

Deaths: 0 TIZI OUZOU, ALGERIA

Date: September, 2014

Target: One French citizen beheaded

Attacker: Jund al-Khilafah in Algeria

Deaths: 1 QUEBEC, CANADA

Date: October, 2014

Target: One soldier killed and one wounded in vehicle attack

Attacker: Martin Couture-Rouleau

Deaths: 1 OTTAWA, CANADA

Date: October, 2014

Target: One soldier killed at war memorial; two wounded in shootings at Parliament building

Attacker: Michael Zehaf-Bibeau

Deaths: 1 NEW YORK CITY, NY, USA

Date: October, 2014

Target: Two police officers wounded in knife attack

Attacker: US person

Deaths: 0

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA

Date: November, 2014

Target: One Danish citizen wounded in shooting

ATTACKERS: Three Saudi Arabia-based ISIL members

Deaths: 0 ABU DHABI, UAE

Date: December 2014

Target: One American killed in knife attack

Attacker: Dalal al-Hashimi

Deaths: 1 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

Date: December, 2014

Target: Two Australians killed in hostage taking and shooting

Attacker: Man Haron Monis

Deaths: 2 TOURS, FRANCE

Date: December, 2014

Target: Three police officers wounded in knife attack

Attacker: Bertrand Nzohabonayo

Deaths: 0 PARIS, FRANCE

Date: January, 2015

Target: One police officer and four hostages killed in shooting at a kosher supermarket

Attacker: Amedy Coulibaly

Deaths: 5

TRIPOLI, LIBYA

Date: January, 2015

Target: Ten killed, including one US citizen, and five wounded in bombing and shooting at a hotel frequented by westerners

Attackers: As many as five ISIL-Libya members

Deaths: 10 RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA

Date: January, 2015

Target: Two US citizens wounded in shooting

Attacker: Saudi Arabia-based ISIL supporter

Deaths: 0 NICE, FRANCE

Date: February, 2015

Target: Two French soldiers wounded in knife attack outside a Jewish community center

Attacker: Moussa Coulibaly

Deaths: 0 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

Date: February, 2015

Target: One civilian killed in shooting at a free-speech rally and one security guard killed outside the city's main synagogue

Attacker: Omar Abdel Hamid el-Hussein

Deaths: 1 TUNIS, TUNISIA

Date: March, 2015

Target: 21 tourists killed, including 16 westerners, and 55 wounded in shooting at the Bardo Museum

Attackers: Two ISIL-aligned extremists

Deaths: 21

KARACHI, PAKISTAN

Date: April, 2015

Target: One US citizen wounded in knife attack

Attackers: Pakistan-based ISIL supporters

Deaths: 0 PARIS, FRANCE

Date: April, 2015

Target: Catholic churches targeted; one civilian killed in shooting, possibly during an attempted carjacking

Attacker: Sid Ahmed Ghlam

Deaths: 1 ZVORNIK, BOSNIA

Date: April, 2015

Target: One police officer killed and two wounded in shooting

Attacker: Nerdin Ibric

Deaths: 1 GARLAND, TX, USA

Date: May, 2015

Target: One security guard wounded in shooting at the Prophet Muhammad cartoon event

Attackers: Two US persons

Deaths: 0 BOSTON, MA, USA

Date: June, 2015

Target: No casualties; one police officer attacked with knife

Attacker: US person

Deaths: 0

EL GORA (AL JURAH), EGYPT

Date: June, 2015

Target: No casualties; camp used by Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) troops attacked in shooting and bombing attack

Attackers: Unknown number of ISIL-Sinai members

Deaths: 0 LUXOR, EGYPT

Date: June, 2015

Target: One police officer killed by suicide bomb near the Temple of Karnak

Attacker: Unidentified

Deaths: 1 SOUSSE, TUNISIA

Date: June, 2015

Target: 38 killed and 39 wounded in shooting at a beach frequented by westerners

Attackers: Seifeddine Rezgui and another unidentified attacker

Deaths: 38 LYON, FRANCE

Date: June, 2015

Target: One civilian killed in beheading and explosion at a chemical plant

Attacker: Yasin Salhi

Deaths: 1 CAIRO, EGYPT

Date: July, 2015

Target: One killed and nine wounded in VBIED attack at Italian Consulate

Attacker: Unidentified ISIL operatives

Deaths: 1

CAIRO, EGYPT

Date: July, 2015

Target: One Croatian national kidnapped; beheaded on August 12 at an unknown location

Attacker: Unidentified ISIL-Sinai operative

Deaths: 1 PARIS, FRANCE

Date: August, 2015

Target: Two civilians and one US soldier wounded with firearms and knife on a passenger train

Attacker: Ayoub el-Khazzani

Deaths: 0 EL GORA, EGYPT

Date: September, 2015

Target: Four US and two MFO troops wounded in IED attack

Attacker: Unidentified

Deaths: 0 DHAKA, BANGLADESH

Date: September, 2015

Target: One Italian civilian killed in shooting

Attacker: Unidentified

Deaths: 1 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

Date: September, 2015

Target: One police officer wounded in knife attack

Attacker: Palestinian national

Deaths: 0

EL GORA, EGYPT

Date: October, 2015

Target: No casualties; airfield used by MFO attacked with rockets

Attacker: Unidentified ISIL-Sinai operatives

Deaths: 0 PARRAMATTA, AUSTRALIA

Date: October, 2015

Target: One police officer killed in shooting

Attacker: Farhad Jabar

Deaths: 1 RANGPUR, BANGLADESH

Date: October, 2015

Target: One Japanese civilian killed in shooting

Attacker: Unidentified

Deaths: 1 HASANAH, EGYPT

Date: October, 2015

Target: 224 killed in downing of a Russian airliner

Attacker: Unidentified ISIL-Sinai operatives

Deaths: 224 MERCED, CA, US

Date: November, 2015

Target: Four wounded in knife attack on a college campus

Attacker: US person

Deaths: 0

PARIS, FRANCE

Date: November, 2015

Target: At least 129 killed and approximately 400 wounded in series of shootings and IED attacks

Attackers: Brahim Abdelslam, Saleh Abdeslam, Ismail Mostefai, Bilal Hadfi, Samy Amimour, Chakib Ahrouh, Foued Mohamed Aggad, and Abdelhamid Abaaoud

Deaths: At least 129 killed DINAJPUR, BANGLADESH

Date: November, 2015

Target: One Italian citizen wounded in shooting

Attacker: Unidentified

Deaths: 0 RAJLOVAC, BOSNIA

Date: December, 2015

Target: Two Bosnian soldiers killed in shooting

Attacker: Enes Omeragic

Deaths: 2 SAN BERNADINO, CA, US

Date: December, 2015

Target: 14 killed and 21 wounded in coordinated firearms attack

Attackers: Two US persons

Deaths: 14 LONDON, ENGLAND, UK

Date: December, 2015

Target: Three wounded in knife attack at an underground rail station

Attacker: Muhyadin Mire

Deaths: 0



DERBENT, RUSSIA

Date: December, 2015

Target: One killed and 11 wounded in shooting at UN World Heritage site

Attacker: Unidentified ISIL-Caucasus operative

Deaths: 1

CAIRO, EGYPT

Date: January, 2016

Target: Two wounded in drive-by shooting outside a hotel frequented by tourists

Attackers: Unidentified ISIL operatives

Deaths: 0 PARIS, FRANCE

Date: January, 2016

Target: No casualties; attacker killed after attempted knife attack on Paris police station

Attacker: Tarek Belgacem

Deaths: 0 PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

Date: January, 2016

Target: One police officer wounded in shooting

Attacker: US person

Deaths: 0 HURGHADA, EGYPT

Date: January, 2016

Target: One German and one Danish national wounded in knife attack at a tourist resort

Attacker: Unidentified

Deaths: 0 MARSEILLES, FRANCE

Date: January, 2016

Target: One Jewish teacher wounded in machete attack

Attacker: 15 year-old Ethnic Kurd from Turkey

Deaths: 0

ISTANBUL, TURKEY

Date: January, 2016

Target: 12 German tourists killed and 15 wounded in suicide bombing

Attacker: Nabil Fadli

Deaths: 12 JAKARTA, INDONESIA

Date: January, 2016

Target: Four civilians killed and more than 20 wounded in coordinated bombing and firearms attacks near a police station and a Starbucks

Attackers: Dian Joni Kurnaiadi, Muhammad Ali, Arif Sunakim, and Ahmad Muhazan bin Saron

Deaths: 4 COLUMBUS, OH, US

Date: February, 2016

Target: Four civilians wounded in machete attack at a restaurant

Attacker: US person

Deaths: 0 HANOVER, GERMANY

Date: February, 2016

Target: One police officer wounded in knife attack

Attacker: Safia Schmitter

Deaths: 0 ISTANBUL, TURKEY

Date: March, 2016

Target: Four killed and 36 wounded in suicide bombing in the tourist district

Attacker: Mehmet Ozturk

Deaths: 4

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

Date: March, 2016

Target: At least 31 killed and 270 wounded in coordinated bombings at Zaventem Airport and on a subway train

Attackers: Khalid el-Bakraoui, Ibrahim el-Bakraoui, Najim Laachraoui, Mohammed Abrini, and Osama Krayem

Deaths: 31 ESSEN, GERMANY

Date: April, 2016

Target: Three wounded in bombing at Sikh temple

Attackers: Three identified minors

Deaths: 0 ORLANDO, FL, US

Date: June, 2016

Target: 49 killed and 53 wounded in shooting at a nightclub

Attacker: US person

Deaths: 49 MAGNANVILLE, FRANCE

Date: June, 2016

Target: One police officer and one civilian killed in knife attack

Attacker: Larossi Abballa

Deaths: 2 KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

Date: June, 2016

Target: 14 killed in suicide attack on a bus carrying Canadian Embassy guards

Attacker: ISIL-Khorasan operative

Deaths: 14

ISTANBUL, TURKEY

Date: June, 2016

Target: 45 killed and approximately 240 wounded at Ataturk International Airport

Attackers: Rakhim Bulgarov, Vadim Osmanov, and an unidentified ISIL operative

Deaths: 45 DHAKA, BANGLADESH

Date: July, 2016

Target: 22 killed, including one American and 50 wounded after hours-long siege using machetes and firearms at holy Artisan Bakery

Attackers: Nibras Islam, Rohan Imtiaz, Meer Saameh Mubasheer, Khairul Islam Paye, and Shafiqul Islam Uzzal

Deaths: 22 NICE, FRANCE

Date: July, 2016

Target: 84 civilians killed and 308 wounded by an individual who drove a truck into a crowd

Attacker: Mohamed Bouhlel

Deaths: 84 WURZBURG, GERMANY

Date: July, 2016

Target: Four civilians wounded in axe attack on a train

Attacker: Riaz Khan Ahmadzai

Deaths: 0 ANSBACH, GERMANY

Date: July, 2016

Target: At least 15 wounded in suicide bombing at a music festival

Attacker: Mohammad Daleel

Deaths: 0

NORMANDY, FRANCE

Date: July, 2016

Target: One priest killed in knife attack

Attackers: Adel Kermiche and Abdel Malik Nabil Petitjean

Deaths: 1 CHALEROI, BELGIUM

Date: August, 2016

Target: Two police officers wounded in machete attack

Attacker: Khaled Babouri

Deaths: 0 QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

Date: August, 2016

Target: Two killed and one wounded in knife attack at a hostel frequented by Westerners

Attacker: Smail Ayad

Deaths: 2 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK

Date: September, 2016

Target: Two police officers and a civilian wounded in shooting

Attacker: Mesa Hodzic

Deaths: 0 PARIS, FRANCE

Date: September, 2016

Target: One police officer wounded in raid after VBIED failed to detonate at Notre Dame Cathedral

Attackers: Sarah Hervouet, Ines Madani, and Amel Sakaou

Deaths: 0

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

Date: September, 2016

Target: One civilian wounded in knife attack

Attacker: Ihsas Khan

Deaths: 0 CLOUD, MN, US

Date: September, 2016

Target: 10 wounded in knife attack in a mall

Attacker: Dahir Ahmed Adan

Deaths: 0 NEW YORK, NY; SEASIDE PARK AND ELIZABETH, NJ, US

Date: September, 2016

Target: 31 wounded in bombing in New York City; several explosive devices found in New York and New Jersey; one exploded without casualty at race in New Jersey; one police officer wounded in shootout

Attacker: Ahmad Khan Rahami

Deaths: 0 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

Date: October, 2016

Target: Two police officers wounded in stabbing

Attacker: Belgian national

Deaths: 0 KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT

Target: No casualties; vehicle carrying three US soldiers hit by a truck

Attacker: Ibrahim Sulayman

Deaths: 0

MALMO, SWEDEN

Date: October, 2016

Target: No casualties; mosque and community center attacked with Molotov cocktail

Attacker: Syrian national

Deaths: 0 HAMBURG, GERMANY

Date: October, 2016

Target: One killed in knife attack

Attacker: Unknown

Deaths: 1 MANILA, PHILIPPINES

Date: November, 2016

Target: No casualties; failed IED attempt near US Embassy

ATTACKERS: Philippine nationals aligned with the Maute group

Deaths: 0 COLUMBUS, OH, US

Date: November, 2016

Target: 14 wounded by individuals who drove a vehicle into a group of pedestrians and attacked them with a knife

Attacker: US person

Deaths: 0 N'DJAMENA, CHAD

Date: November, 2016

Target: No casualties; attacker arrested after opening fire at entrance of US Embassy

Attacker: Chadian national

Deaths: 0

KARAK, JORDAN

Date: December, 2016

Target: 10 killed and 28 wounded in shooting at a tourist site

Attackers: Several gunmen

Deaths: 10 Loading BERLIN, GERMANY

Date: December, 2016

Target: 12 killed and 48 wounded by individual who drove truck into a crowded market

Attacker: Anis Amri

Deaths: 12 With AAP, AP, Washington Post