SYDNEY: The father of a Briton fighting for his life after a deadly stabbing at an Australian backpacker hostel said he was proud of his son, who has been hailed as a hero by police.
Tom Jackson, 30, suffered critical head injuries in the attack by Frenchman Smail Ayad, 29, at the hostel in Home Hill, a rural town in the north of Queensland state.
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