Police said the driver’s wife had previously called to warn of a possible child abduction.
The police said separately on social media platform X that they were conducting a large operation and were assuming a ‘static hostage situation’ Hamburg Airport has been closed to passengers and flights cancelled after a gunman rammed through a security barrier. Police said the driver’s wife had previously called to warn of a possible child abduction, while several local German media reported two children in the back of his car.
The police said separately on social media platform X that they were conducting a large operation and were assuming a ‘static hostage situation’. They wrote: ‘According to findings, a car got onto the apron of the airport around 8pm. ‘There are at least 2 people in the vehicle, including a child. We continue to assume a hostage situation. The situation is static.’ A spokesperson for the airport said 27 flights had been affected. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at [email protected].
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