BERLIN (AP) — German police suggested vacationers on Sunday to not use Hamburg airport because of a growing hostage state of affairs.
The airport within the northern a part of town has been closed to passengers and flights canceled since Saturday evening when an armed man broke by an airport gate along with his automobile and fired twice into the air with a weapon, in response to German information company dpa. Authorities additionally stated the person’s spouse had beforehand contacted them a couple of little one abduction.
Police stated that the 35-year-old man had his 4-year-old daughter contained in the automobile whom he had reportedly taken by drive from the mom in a potential custody battle.
A psychologist has been negotiating with the person for hours and there was no indication different individuals might be harmed since all passengers had evacuated the airport, police stated.