Mia Ayliffe-Chung was a Waitress! originally from Wirksworth, England who was living in Australia when she was stabbed to death. She was of Chinese, Jamaican, and English descent. ^[1]

Mia moved to Australia in 2016 and worked at The Bedroom, a nightclub in Surfers Paradise, Queensland for six months. Ten days before her death she moved to Townsville, Queensland to start rural work so she could extend her work visa. She planned on returning to Surfers Paradise after her rural work. She had moved to a hostel called Shelley's Backpackers.

Mia had graduated from Buxton & Leek College in 2015 after studying childcare. She also studied Psychology at Chesterfield College. She attended Anthony Gell School and The Ecclesbourne School.

Mia was fatally stabbed by The Terrorists who yelled "Allahu Akbar!" after killing her. The killer was a citizen of France. During the attack he critically wounded one man and stabbed the other in the neck.

The stabbings took place in a roomful of more than 30 people at Shelley's Backpackers on Ninth Street in Home Hill, Queensland Home Hill, about 1,300 km north of the Queensland capital of Brisbane, Australia.

One of the men, identified as Grant 'Grunta' Scholz, was stabbed in the leg when he tried to help Mia fend off the attacker and was released from hospital soon after the attack on Tuesday night.

The other man who has not been identified was British and is in critical condition after he also tried to intervene.