In full swing is the thriller that began on Saturday at Hamburg airport, with a 35-year-old man holding his 4-year-old daughter hostage, demanding to be allowed to fly to Turkey.
BREAKING:
The Hamburg Airport has been closed after a man with a gun crashed through a gate with his car and continued driving to the tarmac.
Police getting ready to storm the airport.
Some German media claim the man fired off shots while breaking in. https://t.co/89vg3EaFdu
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) November 4, 2023
Yes, the man from Lower Saxony fired two shots into the air and threw molotov cocktailsas stated by a representative of the federal police.
Hamburg Airport at this moment, situation not yet under control, all traffic to Airport closed, all Departures Delayed pic.twitter.com/xVDhaYdFmC
— von Clausewitz (@aviamilt) November 4, 2023
According to German Bildthe airport was evacuated and 3200 passengers were affected, while today’s morning flights were cancelled.
+++UPDATE 5:45 Uhr+++
Der Polizei-Einsatz am Hamburger Flugplan dauert weiter an. Der Flugbetrieb bleibt bis auf Weiteres eingestellt. Die Polizei bettet alle Passagiere und Abholende, NICHT zum Flughafen zu kommen. Die Zufahrten sind weiträumig absperert. pic.twitter.com/3TvptqecZZ— Hamburg Airport 🕊 (@HamburgAirport) November 5, 2023
Police have been negotiating with the man for hours (in Turkish). The background is apparently a custody dispute. It was initially said that he had two children with him, but this has not been confirmed.
Source: News Beast

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