An Australian politician lost both her legs after a car-ramming attack earlier this week.

Member of Parliament Helen Haines was unpacking the trunk of her car outside her electorate office in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, on Oct. 19 when a Toyota Land Cruiser struck her, pinning her to her car. The driver did a U-turn and struck her again. Police have described the attack as targeted.

The suspect, 43-year-old Brendan Nugent of Tarrawingee, was arrested after being stopped by a neighbor. Ricky Jefferies, who owned a barbershop nearby, witnessed the attack and raced to stop the driver. Seeing that the attacker had a knife, Jefferies wrested it away and held him down until police arrived to detain him.

“I don’t consider myself a hero,” he said after the ordeal. “I consider myself a member of the community; I just had a role to play, and mine just happened to be the first story heard.”

Haines’ husband, Phil Haines, announced Wednesday that the 65-year-old MP had lost both legs, explaining that doctors amputated one of her legs Monday, then the second one Wednesday after attempting and failing to save it.

“The good news in all this is that Helen is alive and she’s stable. That is the most important thing for our family,” he said.

Nugent has been charged with intentionally causing serious injury, dangerous driving causing serious injury, and causing harm to a federal official.

The suspect’s social media account shows a radical turn to anti-Israel ideology following Oct. 7. Haines, who is an independent, herself has also fiercely criticized Israel over its prosecution of the war in Gaza, but it’s unclear if the motive for the attack was related to this issue.