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February 9, 2017

Rosie Ayliffe to Trump: "My Daughter's Death Will Not Be Used to Further This Insane Persecution"
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The mother of a young British woman killed by a mentally ill man in
Australia in August has written a furious open letter to President
Trump, after her daughter's killing was included in the White House's
list of 78 terrorist attacks. Rosie Ayliffe wrote, "My daughter's death
will not be used to further this insane persecution of innocent people."
Her daughter, 21-year-old Mia Ayliffe-Chung, was stabbed to death in a
hostel in Queensland by a Frenchman who had a preliminary diagnosis of
schizophrenia. After the attack, the media originally reported the
attacker, Smail Ayad, may have been an Islamic extremist, but Australian
police quickly ruled out terrorism in its investigation. Sandra Jackson,
the mother of a second backpacker who was killed during the attack, has
also criticized Donald Trump, tweeting, "@real Donald Trump wake up this
morning to see you've used my Son murder to further your campaign of
hate, how dare you. You are a disgrace."


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