Crime & Justice
Driver deliberately rammed Australian MP Helen Haines outside her office, PM says
October 20, 2026 at 03:56 AM
4 reports · 1 in Arabic, 3 in English · over 4 hours
AJAl Jazeera English
‘Deliberate’ car ramming of Australian MP an isolated incident, police say
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MAMasrawy
رئيس وزراء أستراليا: المهاجم الذي صدم نائبة بسيارته كان متعمدا
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TGThe Guardian
‘I don’t want to be known as a hero’: barber who rushed to help Helen Haines praised by PM
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TGThe Guardian
Car allegedly did U-turn and struck Helen Haines twice, in what some believe was target attack against MP
(opens the publisher’s site)Australian independent MP Helen Haines is in critical condition after a driver allegedly performed a U-turn and rammed her twice outside her office in Wangaratta.
- Haines, 65, underwent surgery overnight and has lost a leg, remaining in critical condition at Alfred Hospital in Melbourne.
- A bystander, barber Ricky Jefferies, pulled the 43-year-old driver from the vehicle and removed a knife after the man struck her twice, witnesses said.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the act was deliberate, not an accident, and that the attacker's motive remained unknown.
- Federal Police said the attack appeared to be an isolated incident and are weighing charges that carry a maximum 10-year prison term.