British teacher stabbed in Manila

British teacher stabbed in Manila

MANILA (Reuter): A British teacher attending a seminar in the
Philippines on nursery education was stabbed with an icepick by a
thief, police said yesterday.

Jacqueline Louise, 22, from Northumberland was in serious
condition in a Manila hospital after the Sunday night attack,
police said.

Louise was waiting for a cab when a man tried to grab her bag,
police Col. Art Castillo told reporters. She resisted and the man
stabbed her twice in the chest with an icepick, he said.