# Man charged over car attack on Australian MP Helen Haines

https://mins.news/en/video/107868

- BBC News, 2026-10-20 12:47 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T5OsiG58hU

> Police have charged Brendan Nugent, 43, over an alleged vehicle attack on MP Helen Haines outside her electoral office in Wangaratta. Haines is in critical but stable condition and has reportedly lost a leg. Police allege the incident was targeted. Nugent faces charges including dangerous driving causing serious injury and harming a Commonwealth public official.

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