© APA/dpa/Jonas Walzberg
Man may have kidnapped your children. It is currently confirmed that at least one child is in the car with the man. A second is suspected.
Hamburg Airport was closed after a vehicle entered the location. An armed man broke into a gate with his vehicle at around 8pm and entered the airport forecourt, he said. Tomás Gerberto, Spokesperson for the Federal Police and the German Press Agency on Saturday night. The man had a gun and had already fired twice into the air. He probably has two children with him.
Suspected child abduction
The man’s wife had previously reported a possible child abduction to state police, the spokesman said. The newspaper Bild reported it for the first time.
Strong state and federal law enforcement are on scene, Gerbert said. They were close to the vehicle. This also includes the Federal Police Evidence and Prisons Unit. “They are very robustly equipped,” Gerbert said.
“Molotow Cocktail”
Police say they are now in contact with the shooter. Gerbert was initially unable to say Saturday night exactly how the communication would take place. It has now been confirmed that a child was in the man’s car. It was unclear whether there was a second child in the vehicle, as initially suspected.
The man threw two burning bottles out of the car, “kind of like Molotov cocktails,” Gerbert said. There was no damage and airport firefighters were able to extinguish the bottles. The airport is currently being evacuated; this is a safety measure, he said.
Some joints were excluded
The airport’s home page said at night: “Due to a measure by the Federal Police, takeoffs and landings are currently not possible.” An airport spokeswoman said six takeoffs and 21 landings would normally be expected between the airport’s official closure at 8:24 pm and the end of operations at 11 pm.
The planned flights would come from Hurghada, Agadir, Malaga and Lisbon, among others, it was said. Some of them have already been rerouted and some flights have been cancelled. What happens next with air traffic depends on the operational situation, the spokeswoman said.
Hamburg airport had already been closed in October, but at that time due to a threat of attack on a plane from Tehran to Hamburg.
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