Airport in Hamburg was closed due to hostage situation – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries

The man drove into the area and parked under a plane on Saturday afternoon. He had his own daughter with him in the car. The airport was also closed on Sunday morning. Just before 2.30pm on Sunday afternoon, the police were able to state that the situation was over. The man had left the car with his daughter. He was quickly caught by the police, and the child should be unharmed, write the police in Hamburg on X. Large resources The police in Hamburg confirmed on Saturday evening that they were at the airport with large resources and that there is talk of an “ongoing hostage situation” and that they is in contact with the man in the car. – An armed man broke through a gate with his car and shot into the air twice, says a spokesman for the federal police to Die Welt on Saturday evening. The airport itself reported on its website on Saturday evening that “no aircraft can take off or land at the present time due to a police case”. On Saturday, a number of flights were canceled and 3,200 passengers were affected, writes the German public broadcaster NDR. On Sunday, the airport was to have 286 flights, with a total of 34,500 passengers. Armed man at Hamburg airport. The German newspaper Bild reports that the armed man was observed at the airport just after eight o’clock. A video published on X by Bild’s journalist shows several armed police officers at the airport. Just before 01:00, German police announce that they are evacuating all planes where there are still people on board. The terminals have already been evacuated. Held his own child as a hostage The newspaper writes that the armed man has a child in the car. The wife is said to have told the police that she fears that the man would abduct the children. Naudetatar at the airport in Hamburg. Photo: AP Bild and Hamburger Morgenpost write that the man also allegedly threw burning bottles, so-called Molotov cocktails. The fires were quickly extinguished by the fire brigade on the spot, shows a picture shared by the Reuters news agency. The airport in Hamburg where a man has driven onto the runway. The airport in Hamburg. Photo: Jonas Walzberg / AP The car must have been parked under a plane. Large police forces and a negotiator came to the scene, according to Bild. No injured persons have been reported.



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