Ayad has been charged with murder, two counts of attempted murder, serious animal cruelty and 12 counts of assaulting police.
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The 12 serious assaults he has been charged with are in relation to 12 separate police officers.
There are also reports of another incident on Wednesday night, when officers had to use tazers and capsicum spray to subdue Ayad at the Townsville watch house, where he is now being held.
He will appear in Townsville magistrates court on Friday by videolink.
Another man – a 46-year-old named by a friend as Grant Scholz, who ran the hostel – received non-life threatening injuries and has since been released from hospital.
The younger Mr Jackson was hailed a hero by Queensland Police after the alleged attack for trying to help Ayliffe-Chung.
Ayad, 29, is alleged to have dragged Ms Ayliffe-Chung from her bed onto a balcony and stabbed her.
Police confirmed that they had no indication that radicalisation or political motives were involved in the attack.
More as this story develops.
Up to 30 backpackers witnessed the frenzied attack and tried desperately to intervene, although the Bulletin understands Ayad, a kickboxing champion who has trained in Thailand, allegedly made threats against them and stabbed a hostel employee in the leg.
Believed to be in Australia for around a year, she had been working as a waitress at the Surfer’s Paradise hostel for the past six months.
Queensland police are working with ASIO and federal police to determine whether the suspect, who allegedly cried “Allahu Akbar” during the attack, has any links to terror groups.
The Australian also reported Superintendent Ray Rohweder as saying that police “have had some indication that he may have consumed some cannabis that evening, but insofar as anything harder or alcohol, there is no evidence to suggest that occurred”.
Mother Rosie Ayliffe said in a statement: “My beloved daughter Mia was an incredible young woman with an adventurous spirit”.
Hostel owner John Norris told Daily Mail Australia that Mr Jackson was one of three men to risk their lives to save Ms Ayliffe-Chug. Miss Ayliffe-Chung died of her injuries before paramedics arrived at the scene.
Despite this, far-right senator Pauline Hanson used the murder to reissue her call for a temporary ban on all Muslim immigration to Australia.
The violence took place in front of around 30 people, and some witnesses said the suspect had been “infatuated” with his female victim.
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It has been reported that the Frenchman had developed “a delusional obsession” with Mia in the days leading up to the murder while they were both staying at Shelley’s Backpackers’ hostel in the suburb of Home Hill, near Townsville.
