Australian MP Helen Haines loses both legs in car attack

Australian MP Helen Haines loses both legs in car attack

Australian independent MP Helen Haines has lost both legs after a driver allegedly rammed her vehicle outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, Victoria, on Monday afternoon. Police describe the assault as deliberate and targeted, and forty-three-year-old Brendan Nugent now faces three charges including intentionally causing serious injury.

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