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Donald Trump used the killing of two Brit backpackers in Australia as an example of a 'terror attack' ignored by the media - even though police have ruled out a link to terrorism.

Tom Jackson, 30, died after being knifed in the head as he attempted to save 21-year-old Mia Ayliffe-Chung from being stabbed to death at a hostel in Queensland.

The incident was among a list of 78 incidents identified by the US President as examples of 'terror attacks' since 2014 which "did not receive adequate attention from Western media sources."

The Mirror has reportedly extensively on the killing of Tom and Mia in August last year.

Frenchman Smail Ayad, 29, has been charged with the alleged murders of Mia, from Derbyshire, and Tom, from Congleton, Cheshire.

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He also faces 12 counts of assaulting police officers during the incident in the Home Hill area.

Ayad is alleged to have yelled "Allahu Akbar" during the attack but authorities found no evidence to suggest his motivations were terrorism-related.

Prosecutors are believed to be considering whether he had an obsession with Ayliffe-Chung.

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Ayad has also been given a preliminary diagnosis of schizophrenia and his case referred to the mental health court.

In the months following the killing, the mother of Miss Aylifee-Chung called for the tragedy not to be misinterpreted.

Rosie Ayliffe writing in The Independent, said: "Much nonsense is being spoken in the press about her alleged killer.

"The TV engineer who visited yesterday said, 'Well we know what that was about, it was that Moslemic terrorism!' Thanks for clarifying."

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"Smail Ayad – the French man being held on suspicion of my daughter’s murder – is not an Islamic fundamentalist, he has never set foot in a mosque."

Her family said Mia's funeral included elements of Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism and a reading from the Koran to counter the "misinterperation" of her murder as an act of terrorism.

But speaking to a group of about 300 US troops in Florida, President Trump accused the media of failing to report on acts of terror.

He said: "All over Europe, it's happening.

"It's gotten to a point where it's not even being reported.

"And, in many cases, the very, very dishonest press doesn't want to report it.

"They have their reasons, and you understand that."

Trump did not give examples of the terror attacks he believes have not been reported, or any reason as to why they would be purposefully ignored.

The Mirror has published a full list of all 78 terror attacks and how they were covered by our publication or others considered 'the mainstream media'.

You can read it here.