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Site visitors at Hamburg airport was halted and the terminals evacuated on Saturday night time over a “hostage scenario” believed to have arisen over a custody dispute, police stated.
At round 8 pm (0600 GMT), a gunman had rammed his automotive by means of the safety space onto the tarmac, firing two pictures within the air and flinging two burning bottles out of the automobile, a police spokesman stated.
A minimum of two people — together with a toddler — have been within the automotive, police stated.
The spouse of the motive force had positioned an emergency name alerting police to the kidnapping of her little one, the spokesman added.
“We’re on website with a big contingent of emergency companies. We’re at present assuming a static hostage scenario,” Hamburg police stated on X, previously often known as Twitter.
The automotive remained parked within the apron space of the airport.
Police added later Saturday that they believed “{that a} custody dispute is the background to this operation”.
Psychologists in addition to officers specialised in negotiations are on website, stated police, including that they have been in touch with the person within the automobile.
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