Attack on Australian MP Haines: How threats against legislators have soared

An Australian independent lawmaker, Helen Haines, has had both legs amputated after ⁠being struck by a car outside her office in Wangaratta, Victoria state, in what Prime Minister ⁠Anthony Albanese called “a deliberate attack”.

The MP’s right leg was amputated on Wednesday, two days after her left leg was amputated at a hospital in Melbourne, where the 65-year-old politician has been receiving t...