Family ‘proud’ of brave son for trying to save backpacker stabbed to death

The family of a Briton injured in a stabbing in Australia have said they are “immensely proud” of him. He tried to save another backpacker.

Tom Jackson, 30, was critically injured helping Mia Ayliffe-Chung, 21, as she was stabbed to death, allegedly by 29-year-old Frenchman, Smail Ayad, police said.

Jackson’s father, Les, also praised the medical staff at Townsville Hospital, in Queensland, where his son is being treated.