7 days after hostel attack, second British backpacker dies

A week after he was stabbed in the face, head and body while trying to save Ayliffe-Chung, 21, during an attack by a 29-year-old Frenchman who shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest) as he stabbed her, Thomas Jackson, 30, has died of wounds he sustained during the incident.

The British backpacker according to police did not survive the knife wounds he sustained during the attack which occurred at a hostel in Townsville in the state of Queensland, Australia.

Read also: Restaurant disapproval of Muslim women service sparks outrage in Paris

Queensland police have also revealed that said they would charge the Frenchman with two counts of murder after he killed Jackson and his fellow backpacker Mia stabbing both of them to their early deaths.

RipplesNigeria …without borders, without fears

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now