FRANKFURT, Nov 5 (Reuters) – Hamburg airport remained closed on Sunday, authorities stated, as police handled a hostage scenario involving a suspected armed man in a custody dispute.
The airport closed for all takeoffs and landings on Saturday night after police arrived in giant numbers on the scene to cope with a person who drove by means of a barrier onto the grounds of the airport with a baby.
The automobile with the 35-year-old man and 4-year-old woman was parked underneath a Turkish Airways airplane, a police spokesperson stated.
“We should presently assume that he’s in possession of a dwell firearm and presumably additionally explosive units of an unknown sort,” the police posted on Sunday on the social media platform X.
[1/5]Police safe the realm after a person drove by means of a barrier onto the grounds of town’s airport with a baby in his automobile in Hamburg, Germany, November 5, 2023. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer Purchase Licensing Rights
Negotiators are in touch with the particular person within the automobile and speaking by means of a translator in Turkish, police stated.
Police stated that their major precedence was the safety of the kid, who they stated was bodily nice based mostly on their present info.
Police stated the kid’s mom had informed them the daddy had been in touch together with her.
Police wouldn’t verify their earlier statements that the person had fired photographs.
Hamburg airport authorities stated that 286 flights with round 34,500 passengers had been scheduled for Sunday.
Reporting by Joern Poltz, Tom Sims, and Tanya Wooden
Modifying by Daniel Wallis, William Mallard and David Evans
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