Australian MP Helen Haines loses both legs after car attack as suspect appears in court

Helen Haines, an Australian lawmaker struck by a car in an apparently deliberate attack on Monday, has lost both of her legs, her husband said on Wednesday. Counterterrorism investigators have joined a police probe into the incident, which occurred outside Haines' constituency office in Wangaratta, northeast of the Victorian capital, Melbourne. A 43-year-old suspect, Brendan N. from nearby Tarrawingee, appeared in Wangaratta Magistrates' Court on Wednesday charged with intentionally causing serious injury, dangerous driving causing serious injury and causing harm to a federal official.