Australian MP struck by vehicle in 'deliberate' attack
Independent MP Helen Haines is fighting for her life after a man deliberately drove a vehicle into her outside her Wangaratta electorate office in Victoria.
A man is in custody, and independent MP Helen Haines is fighting for her life after the "horrific" attack outside her electorate office.
Independent MP Helen Haines, 65, was struck by a vehicle in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described as a deliberate act outside her Wangaratta office.
A 43-year-old man from Tarrawingee is in custody after a bystander performed a citizen's arrest, and a knife was seized from inside his Toyota Landcruiser.
Counter-terrorism authorities including the AFP and ASIO have begun investigating alongside state police, though the motive has not yet been established.
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