A British man who was stabbed in Australia as he tried to save another backpacker has died from his injuries, police have said.
Tom Jackson sustained critical head injuries when he intervened as fellow Briton Mia Ayliffe-Chung was stabbed to death in north Queensland last Tuesday.
Queensland Police confirmed the 30-year-old passed away in Townsville Hospital.
His father, who had flown from the UK to be by his bedside last week, said in a statement before his son's death: "There are many and varied reasons why we are, and always will be, immensely proud of Tom.
"His actions in response to this horrific attack only add to that sense of pride."
Mia Ayliffe-Chung was stabbed to death at a hostel in north Queensland
Detectives plan to upgrade a charge of attempted murder against suspect Smail Ayad, a 29-year-old Frenchman, when he next appears in court at the end of October.
Ayad also faces another count of attempted murder, one count of serious animal cruelty and 12 counts of serious assault. He remains in custody.
The alleged knifeman is said to have shouted the Arabic phrase for "God is greatest" - both during the attack and while being arrested - but police said there was no evidence he had been radicalised or was motivated by politics.
Reports Ayad was "obsessed" with Miss Ayliffe-Chung, a 21-year-old from Derbyshire, are being investigated.
Flowers have been left at the scene of the attack
Ms Ayliffe-Chung was only a few days into a three-month trip working on a farm when she was attacked, according to social media.
Her boyfriend, Jamison Stead, said she was a "beautiful soul" who had "fallen in love with the country and its people".
Writing in a blog on Monday for The Independent, her mother, Rosie Aycliffe, said: "At the moment the only way I can really cope with our loss is to think Mia's time had come and what happened in that hostel on Tuesday was her fate."
She revealed her plans to scatter her daughter's ashes around the world in places she will never discover.
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