Australian MP critically injured after apparent car attack
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Australian MP Helen Haines is critically ill in hospital in Melbourne after being hit by a car in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says may have been a deliberate attack.
The independent MP, 65, was struck outside her constituency office in Wangaratta, in the state of Victoria, on Monday afternoon.
A man, 43, from the nearby town of Tarrawingee was detained at the scene by a passerby and police say a knife was found in the car.