Backpacker Mia Ayliffe-Chung stabbed to death at Australian hostel
LONDON. KAZINFORM A 21-year-old British woman has died after she was stabbed during an attack at a backpackers' hostel in Australia.
The victim has been named by friends as Mia Ayliffe-Chung, from Derbyshire.
A 30-year-old British man - named locally as Tom Jackson from Cheshire - was severely injured in the attack in Home Hill, Queensland, and is in a critical condition.
A French suspect, 29, who allegedly said the Arabic phrase "Allahu akbar" during the attack, was arrested.
Police are treating the incident as a murder case, not a terror attack.
They are investigating a number of possible motivations, including drugs misuse, mental health issues and extremism.
Tuesday's stabbing took place at 23:15 local time at Shelley's Backpackers in Home Hill.
The small town - about 100km (60 miles) south-east of the city of Townsville - is popular among travellers looking to do agricultural work, such as fruit picking.
Miss Ayliffe-Chung had lived in Surfers Paradise, on Australia's Gold Coast, and worked as a waitress at the Bedroom Lounge Bar before making an 800-mile trip north to work outdoors.
She was just days into a three-month trip working with animals when she was killed.
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