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Frenchman Stabs Beautiful Brit Backpacker To Death, Wounds Another Yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’

Mia Ayliffe-Chung / screenshot from Facebook

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A French national stabbed a female British backpacker to death Tuesday at an Australian hostel while yelling “Allahu akbar.”

A 30-year-old British man is fighting for his life after getting stabbed up to 20 times while trying to intervene on the murder. The alleged killer, Smail Ayad, further injured two police officers during his transfer from the hospital to jail.

It took seven officers to safely get the suspect into the cell as he continued to resist while shouting “Allahu akbar.”

Witnesses say the stabber became obsessed with the female victim, identified as 21-year-old Mia Ayliffe-Chung. Ayad lied about being married to Ayliffe-Chung and dragged her out of her bed before repeatedly stabbing her when his frustration boiled over.

Police said they “don’t have a motive yet,” and are treating it as a murder case and not an act of terror.

“Police were confronted with a terrible scene when they arrived,” Superintendent Ray Rohweder said at a press conference. “There were up to 30 people who witnessed the incident.”

Ayliffe-Chung was just 10 days into her backpacking adventure, after working three months as a nightclub waitress in the state of Queensland.

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