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| Australia hostel knife attack: Thomas Jackson dies | |
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| A British man who was injured trying to save a fellow backpacker as she was stabbed to death in Australia has died, Queensland Police has said. | A British man who was injured trying to save a fellow backpacker as she was stabbed to death in Australia has died, Queensland Police has said. |
| Thomas Jackson, 30, of Congleton, Cheshire, was injured when he tried to help Mia Ayliffe-Chung, 21, in the attack at a hostel last week. | |
| Frenchman Smail Ayad, 29, has been charged with murdering Ms Ayliffe-Chung and attempting to murder Mr Jackson. | |
| Police said this charge would be changed to murder. | Police said this charge would be changed to murder. |
| 'Selfless' | |
| Mr Jackson's father Les said: "We are bereft. Our darling Tom has left us and the world is a poorer place." | |
| The backpacker suffered critical head injuries as he went to the aid of Ms Ayliffe-Chung, from Wirksworth, Derbyshire. Police described his actions as "selfless". | |
| A spokesman for Queensland Police said Mr Jackson had passed away in the Townsville Hospital. | |
| Investigations were continuing, but detectives will upgrade the charge to murder when Mr Ayad next appears at Townsville Magistrates' Court on October 28, he added. | |
| Mr Ayad is alleged to have stabbed Ms Ayliffe-Chung and to have caused the injuries which led to Mr Jackson's death at the Shelley's Backpackers accommodation in Home Hill, as well as harming 12 police officers. | |
| Police previously said they were investigating whether Mr Ayad had an "obsession" with Ms Ayliffe-Chung. | |
| Speaking after the attack, Mr Jackson's family said they were "immensely proud" of him for his actions. | |
| "There are many and varied reasons why we are, and always will be, immensely proud of Tom," his father said. | |
| "His actions in response to this horrific attack only add to that sense of pride." |