Key takeaways:
- The Hamburg Airport in northern Germany was closed and flights were canceled after a vehicle broke through security.
- The 35-year-old man had a 4-year-old child inside the car and police assumed he had taken the child by force from the mother.
- The suspect was taken into custody and the child was unharmed. The airport has since reopened and flights have resumed.
On Saturday night, the Hamburg Airport in northern Germany was closed to passengers and flights were canceled after a vehicle broke through security and entered the premises. According to the German news agency dpa, Federal Police said an armed man had broken through a gate with his vehicle and fired twice into the air with a weapon.
The 35-year-old man had a 4-year-old child inside the car and police assumed he was the father and had taken the child by force from the mother. Police also said that the man’s wife had previously contacted them about a possible child abduction.
A large number of officers from state and federal police were on site and in the vicinity of the vehicle. The airport was closed for several hours while police investigated the incident.
The suspect was taken into custody and the child was unharmed. The airport has since reopened and flights have resumed. Police are still investigating the incident and have not released any further details.
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