A bullet etched with the word "RAT" and Paul Edbrooke's old firefighter number was left on his car on Saturday, according to The Guardian. Edbrooke is Victoria's emergency services minister, and the Guardian's headline identifies him as a Victorian Labor minister.

The Guardian reported that Edbrooke says he fears for his family's safety. The report places the incident amid heightened concerns for MPs after an alleged attack on Helen Haines, according to the same account.

The Guardian attributed the first report of the bullet to the Herald Sun. The Guardian's account does not describe the alleged attack on Haines, nor does it say who left the bullet on the car or what response, if any, has followed.

The Guardian's summary gives the bullet's etched wording and Edbrooke's former firefighter number as the only identifying details of the object. It does not state where on the car the bullet was found, or whether it was reported to police.

The report was written by Benita Kolovos, the Guardian's Victorian state correspondent. The summary of that report available for this story ends before the Herald Sun's reporting is described, so further details of that earlier coverage are not reported here.

Sources: The Guardian: Bullet left on Victorian Labor minister’s car with ‘RAT’ etched on to it.