Helen Haines was chatting with locals at a dog park on Monday morning. By the afternoon, she was fighting for her life 19. October 2026 (23:14) Australia’s politicians have been facing increasing threats and abuse. It can no longer be dismissed as social media noise or harmless commentFollow our live blog for latest updatesPoliticians condemn alleged attack after independent MP Helen Haines critically injuredWho is Helen Haines, the MP allegedly attacked in Victoria?Victorian independent MP Helen Haines was at the opening of a dog park in Mansfield on Monday, out and about the sprawling northern Victorian electorate, talking to locals and moving freely.Later in the afternoon, at 3.35pm, she was unpacking a car outside her electorate office when a man understood to be known to authorities struck her with his car. He allegedly completed a U-turn when he saw Haines. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Mississippi attorney general rules fatal police shooting of one-year-old as ‘justified’ 19. October 2026 (22:58) Officers responding to an alleged shoplifting call fired into the vehicle of Vellesiya Wiley, killing her son, KohenOn Monday, the office of the Mississippi attorney general, Lynn Fitch, announced that the police shooting of Kohen Wiley, a one-year-old, as he sat in his mother’s lap “was justified”. The statement came four months after the baby was killed in Senatobia, Mississippi.On 14 June, officers in Senatobia, a small city near Memphis, were responding to a shoplifting call alleging Vellesiya Wiley, the baby’s mother, and Latoya Ferrell, a friend, had stolen a pack of diapers. Neither woman has been charged with a crime. Officials have not released any evidence of shoplifting. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
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