21-year-old backpacker killed by attacker shouting 'Allahu Akbar'

A 21-year-old British woman has been stabbed to death at a backpackers’ hostel in Australia by an attacker shouting “Allahu Akbar”.

As well as fatally injuring Mia Ayliffe-Chung, the 29-year-old French man left a 30-year-old Briton — named locally as Tom Jackson — fighting for his life.

The knife attack took place at Shelley’s Backpackers accommodation in the Home Hill area of Queensland at about 11.15pm on Tuesday.