BERLIN – The hostage situation at Hamburg airport ended Sunday afternoon, about 18 hours after a man drove his vehicle through the airport gates with his 4-year-old daughter inside, authorities said. The man was arrested and the girl appears to be unharmed.
The Hamburg police are assigned to X, formerly known as Twitter, that “the hostage situation is over. The suspect left the car with his daughter. …The child appears to be unharmed.”
Police also said that “the man was arrested by emergency services without resistance.”
The airport in the northern German city had been closed to passengers and flights canceled since Saturday night when a man, who was armed, drove his vehicle into an airport gate and fired a gun twice into the air. , according to the German news agency dpa. . The man drove the vehicle right outside the terminal building and parked it under a plane.
Authorities said the man’s ex-wife had previously contacted them about the kidnapping of a child.
Police said the 35-year-old man, a Turkish national, had his daughter inside the car after allegedly forcibly taking her from the mother in an ongoing custody battle.
A 35-year-old Turkish man was detained by police after illegally taking his 4-year-old daughter from her mother.AP
A psychologist had been negotiating with the man for several hours. No one was injured during the confrontation after all passengers evacuated the airport, police said.
The girl’s mother also arrived at the airport earlier on Sunday.
On Sunday night, police released details about the identity of the kidnapper, stating that he was a Turkish national who was already under investigation for the alleged kidnapping of his daughter in March 2022, dpa reported.
The man has a history of kidnapping his own daughter in an ongoing custody battle with her mother.AP
At the time she had traveled with her daughter to Turkey without authorization, but the mother was later able to bring the girl back to Germany.
Police did not provide the suspect’s name in accordance with German privacy rules.
Local media reported that the man, who parked his car next to a Turkish Airlines plane during the standoff, had demanded that he and his daughter be allowed to leave Germany and fly to Turkey.
The suspect parked his car next to a flight to Turkey and demanded to board with his daughter. AP
More than 100 flights were canceled and several planes were diverted during the 18-hour hostage situation. Thousands of travelers were affected by the clash and hundreds were accommodated in nearby hotels.
Flight operations at the airport resumed Sunday night, nearly 24 hours after the hostage situation began.
Hamburg Mayor Peter Tschentscher expressed relief that no one was injured in the incident.
Flights had been canceled since the father burst through the airport doors and ended up parking under a plane.AP
“The hostage situation at Hamburg airport ended after long and dramatic hours,” Tschentscher wrote in X, thanking the police for their efforts.
“I wish the mother, the child and her family a lot of strength to endure these terrible experiences,” he added.
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