Girl he was trying to protect.
Posted on 08/30/2016 2:27:13 PM PDT by naturalman1975
A HEROIC British backpacker who attempted to save the life of a young woman in a hostel stabbing frenzy last week has died in hospital.
Tom Jackson, 30, suffered more than 20 stab wounds to the face, head and torso as he tried to shield Mia Ayliffe-Chung, 21, from a vicious attack at Shelley’s Backpackers, in Home Hill, south of Townsville last Tuesday night.
French national Smail Ayad, 29, has been charged with Ms Ayliffe-Chung’s murder, along with the attempted murder of Mr Jackson and another man.
One charge of attempted murder will now be upgraded to murder in the wake of Mr Jackson’s death.
Tom Jackson succumbed to his injuries in Townsville Hospital a week after the hostel attack.
Witnesses said Mr Jackson attempted to shield Ms Ayliffe-Chung from the frenzied attack only to be stabbed himself in the hostel bathroom.
Ms Ayliffe-Chung died at the scene of multiple stab wounds.
Mr Jackson had been on life support in Townsville Hospital since being rushed there by paramedics in the early hours of Wednesday.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
From earlier articles. The man screams the name of Allah during his attack - but police rule out any 'religious motivation'. Bloody ridiculous. I get to some limited extent what they are getting at - there doesn't seem to be any politically motivated plan here - but the man's religious beliefs certainly seem to have relevant to what he did.
As for Mr Tom Jackson - "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
I do not know if he was a man of faith - but that is, at least, the religious culture he was raised in.
I'll be making inquiries to see if he has been recommended for an Australian bravery decoration - everything I've seen makes me think he deserves it. Unfortunately it will be posthumous.
Girl he was trying to protect.
May God Bless the Memory of this brave soul.
Its friggin treason.
Oh, that poor man. I was hoping he would recover.
The word “hero” is overused, but in this case it is appropriate. May God bless this brave hero.
What country are we in???
So, a guy named “Smail Ayad” attacks a woman yelling “Allah Ackbar” and the pigs can’t find a religious or terrorist motive?
Yeah, right.
They need different guys to become police officers.
This article is about events in Australia for the record.
Australia.
Civilized Western nations importing military age moslem males...what could *possibly* go wrong?
Prayers up for Tom’s family.
Let’s get back to that later. For now, we mourn a brave Brit who shows there is still HOPE for England.
But we should DEFINITELY get back to that later.
Australia...Townsville.Way up north.Think of it as Miami on steroids climate-wise.I think the Great Barrier Reef is in that general vicinity.
Thanks.
The country Barbra Streisand wants to move to.
Sadly, although I think Oz is tough on jihadis, there is no safe place until one country - our own - does something important, tough and strong.
Go, Trump, go!
Does Australian law allow that attempted murder charge to be 'upgraded' to murder?
Thanks. Many folks here have told me!
I know the Reason (Islam) but was this planned? Lone Wolf? Part of a Cell? Did he have contacts?
That POS needs to spill all that Info, the say a Naked Man has Few Secrets.
A Flayed Man None.
He should be Strung up in the Town Square and his Skin sent to Syria as a Warning.
“French national”
The MSM’s new code phrase for MUSLIM...
God Bless Mr. Jackson. I pray he knew Christ.
Me too. Sigh.
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