Australian barber hailed as hero for running to lawmaker’s rescue during attack

While police have given no motive for the alleged attack, the involvement of counterterrorism investigators has raised alarm that it could have been an act of political violence, which is rare in AustraliaAustralian 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.