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Heroic barber recalls tackling car attacker of Australian MP Helen Haines

South China Morning Post20 October 2026, 03:12 UTCAustralia

Australian barber Ricky Jefferies has been hailed as a hero ⁠for running out of ⁠his store to detain a man who ⁠authorities allege deliberately drove a car into lawmaker Helen Haines in the small town of Wangaratta, an incident that has shocked the country. Jefferies had just finished haircuts for a young family on Monday when he said he heard a “loud bang” outside his shop and realised the ‌driver of a Toyota LandCruiser had struck Haines, leaving her badly injured. “It was crazy, I just ran...

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