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.