Australian MP Helen Haines Loses Leg After Deliberate Car Attack

Independent Australian lawmaker Helen Haines has lost one leg after she was deliberately struck by a car outside her office in Wangaratta.

She was flown to hospital for emergency surgery with critical lower leg injuries, ABC News reported. The update described the loss of one leg following the attack.

Haines suffered critical injuries when she was struck by a four-wheel drive, and was in critical condition on Monday after the attack. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said she was deliberately struck by a car, NBC News reported.

A 43-year-old man accused of deliberately hitting Haines is in police custody, according to Al Jazeera. Police described the ramming as deliberate.

A terrorism squad is probing the vehicle attack that critically injured Haines, Reuters reported.