The police in Germany are handling a situation where someone has taken hostages at Hamburg airport. This person drove through a fence meant to keep people safe and onto the area where planes take off and land.
A 35-year-old man and a 4-year-old child are still in a car parked under a plane.
The police are talking to the driver who came to the airport on Saturday night at around 8:00 PM local time (7:00 PM GMT).
All flights at the airport are stopped and there is no time given for when they will start again.
The police think that a disagreement over who gets custody of a child is the reason behind this plan.
The police say that the person being investigated fired their gun two times up into the sky and also threw bottles that were on fire from their car.
He drove his car to the part of the airport where planes usually park, called the apron.
We are at a location with many emergency workers. Hamburg police said on X, which is a platform called Twitter, that we are currently thinking that there is a situation where someone is being held hostage and it is not changing.
Psychologists and specially trained officers who negotiate are at the location, the police said. They are also supported by special forces.
On Sunday morning, the Hamburg police said that the situation had not yet been resolved.
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