A Jewish prayer will be read at the funeral of a British backpacker who was murdered in Australia last week.
Although Mia Ayliffe-Chung, who was fatally stabbed at a hostel in Queensland last Tuesday, was not Jewish, her family are keen for a Hebrew text to be included as part of a multi-faith ceremony.
Detectives have played down terrorism as a motive for the killing, despite reports that the attacker shouted “Allahu Akbar” during the stabbing.
The service will also feature an excerpt from the Koran to counter the “misrepresentation” of her killing as an act of terrorism, according to the murdered woman’s mother, Rosie Ayliffe.
