2nd female lawmaker in Australia targeted days after alleged vehicle attack

A man was charged on Thursday with threatening an Australian lawmaker’s staff with nunchucks days after federal lawmaker Helen Haines was critically injured when a man hit her with a car. Prosecutors said in a Perth court on Thursday that John Lawrence Smart, 56, was screaming when he entered Western Australian state government minister Hannah Beazley’s electorate office on Wednesday, demanding to see her.Western Australia Police said it was alleged that the man made “verbal threats while in possession of an improvised martial arts weapon (nunchucks).” 2:59 Australian lawmaker Helen Haines has double-amputation, remains in critical condition after vehicle attack Beazley was not in the office at the time and two staff members remained safe behind a security barrier in the office. No one was hurt. Story continues below advertisement In a post on Facebook, Beazley thanked everyone who had reached out and checked in on her and her staff following the incident at her office.“It was a confronting situation for my two staff members who were present at the time, and I thank the police officers who attended for their quick response and action taken to take the person into custody,” Beazley ...