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  • 2017-02-28 (xsd:date)
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  • Was Sweden 'Rocked' by a 'Massive Terror Attack' in February 2017? (en)
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  • On 23 February 2017, a number of disreputable web sites, including PamelaGeller.com and TruthMonitor.com, posted stories reporting that Sweden had been rocked by a terrorist attack which involved a man throwing a fume-releasing canister into a train car. The stories were topped by headlines such as MASSIVE TERROR ATTACK ROCKS SWEDEN — Trump Was Right ...: A spokesman for Swedish police confirmed an incident occurred on a train in Stockholm, but it was not related to terrorism and no one was hurt. Swedish newspapers including Aftonbladet published reports on the incident written by TT, a national wire service, stating the incident took place at about 9 p.m. at the Fridhemsplan subway station in central Stockholm, when a person dressed in dark colors sprayed a noxious substance into a train car. Neither the local news report nor the one from Express UK declared that the incident was a terrorist attack, much less one of a massive scale. The reports noted that victims experienced short-term breathing troubles, and the incident caused a temporary panic on the train: The detalis of the incident on Swedish train did not support claims the country had been rocked by a massive terrorist attack. The claim was reported in what appeared to be an effort by partisan and anti-Muslim publications to shore up statements made by President Donald Trump during a speech in Florida, in which he said: Although the incident was not terror-related and no information has been released regarding the identity or nationality of the suspect, the episode has nevertheless resulted in increased scrutiny over crime and migration trends in Sweden. (en)
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