An armed man reportedly passed through security at a German airport and is currently holding his 4-year-old daughter in his car on the tarmac.
The 35-year-old man burst into a gate at Hamburg airport on Saturday around 8:15 p.m. and fired several shots into the air with a gun, according to the federal police.
He also threw Molotov cocktails from his vehicle, which he parked next to a Turkish Airlines commercial plane while passengers were on board, German newspaper Bild reported.
All flights were canceled on Saturday night when police responded to the incident at Hamburg airport. AP police said they sent a psychologist to the scene to speak with the man. Getty Images
The plane was evacuated quickly and all passengers are safe, police confirmed.
Shortly before he passed through security barriers, the man’s wife had contacted police about a possible child abduction.
Police later confirmed that the man had a 4-year-old girl in the car who they believed was his daughter.
The man is armed and is holding his 4-year-old daughter hostage in the car, according to reports.AP
According to the newspaper, the man, allegedly of Turkish origin from Lower Saxony, forcibly took the girl from her mother amid a custody battle.
Federal police spokesman Thomas Gerbert he told dpa that a large number of state and federal police officers were at the scene and in the vicinity of the vehicle.
Police also said a psychologist was speaking to the man and there was no indication that other people could be harmed as all passengers had evacuated the airport.
Federal police spokesman Thomas Gerbert told dpa that a large number of state and federal police officers were at the scene and in the vicinity of the vehicle.ZUMAPRESS.com
“He wants to talk to us and at first we considered it very positive,” the police told Bild.
All flights were canceled Saturday night, affecting approximately 3,200 passengers, airport officials said.
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