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Australian MP Helen Haines has leg amputated after ‘attack where driver reversed to hit her twice’

The Independent World · 20 October 2026 at 07:20

Australian MP Helen Haines has leg amputated after ‘attack where driver reversed to hit her twice’

Prime minister Anthony Albanese has called the incident a deliberate attack, saying: ‘This wasn't an accident’

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