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Man charged in "targeted" attack on Australian lawmaker Helen Haines

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Australian police charged a man on Tuesday over what they alleged was a "targeted" attack with a vehicle on independent lawmaker Helen Haines.

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What the coverage shows

Most outlets foreground the charging of a suspect and the severity of Helen Haines’s injuries, with Reuters and BBC also stressing that the motive has not been explained. The Guardian US and The Independent go further into the suspect’s family ties, noting that his family says Haines has been their friend for more than 20 years, while Sky News alone mentions the suspect’s father saying she is a family friend. CBS News is the only outlet to describe police as alleging a “targeted” attack, and several outlets single out the barber who helped, with The Independent giving that angle the most prominence.

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