# Australia arrests 43-year-old man after lawmaker critically injured in vehicle attack

https://mins.news/en/video/106337

- CNA, 2026-10-19 13:31 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkvGoKBMGzo

> Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the car attack that critically injured a lawmaker was deliberate, not an accident. Independent MP Helen Haines, 65, was airlifted to hospital after being hit outside her office in Wangaratta, northeast of Melbourne. A 43-year-old man has been arrested.

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