Man arrested and charged with threatening another female lawmaker in Australia

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An Australian man has been arrested after allegedly threatening staff at a female lawmaker’s office with nunchucks, days after another member of parliament lost both her legs in a suspected politically motivated attack.

Police responded to reports of a disturbance at the Victoria Park office of Western Australian state lawmaker Hannah Beazley around 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, local time. The man allegedly made verbal threats while carrying a weapon described as nunchucks, police said.

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