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Helen Haines has leg amputated after alleged deliberate attack

Sydney Morning Herald - National · 20 October 2026 at 4:37 pm

Helen Haines has leg amputated after alleged deliberate attack

MP Helen Haines has had her leg amputated after she was mowed down by a car outside her electorate office in Victoria in an alleged deliberate act.

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