CANBERRA, ACT, April 2 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
The AFP has charged a New Zealand national for allegedly assaulting three people at Sydney Airport.
The AFP responded to a report of an assault in the international departures terminal about 4.15pm yesterday (1 April, 2025).
The New Zealand man, 37, allegedly assaulted an airline employee, before assaulting two more people. A crowd of people in the terminal then stepped in to restrain the man until the AFP arrived..
NSW Ambulance treated the alleged victims at the scene for minor injuries.
AFP officers arrested the man and took him to Mascot police station. Following a mental health assessment by paramedics, he was taken to a hospital in Randwick. H...