Man charged over stabbing two workers transporting him from detention centre to Sydney airport

The 28-year-old Tongan national was being moved from Villawood immigration detention centre before alleged attack and escape

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New South Wales police have charged a 28-year-old man for allegedly stabbing one man and assaulting another while he was being transported from the Villawood immigration detention centre.

Tongan national Paea Teu was being taken from the detention centre to Sydney airport on Thursday when police allege he attacked two men who were transporting him. He then went on the run for two days.