A 35-year-old man drove his car onto the runway at the airport in the German city of Hamburg, fired two shots into the air and threw lit bottles. In the car also has a 4-year-old childGerman media reported.
Before the attack at 8 p.m. local time on Saturday, his wife contacted the police and announced that her child had been kidnapped.
In a statement, police said the main version of the hostage crisis was a child custody dispute.
All arrivals and departures from Hamburg Airport have been delayed and the entrances to the airport have been closed.
In the early hours of this morning, the situation was not under control, the police in Hamburg informed X.
There is an increased police presence, ambulances and psychologists at the scene.
The airport in Hamburg it was closed in October, when the reason was a threat to attack a plane coming from Tehran.
2023-11-05 10:18:35
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