Airport Closed, Flights Canceled After Armed Attack Breaks Through Gate

The airport in the northern German city of Hamburg was closed to passengers, and flights were canceled Saturday night after a vehicle broke through security and entered the premises, German news agency dpa reported.

Federal police said an armed man had broken through a gate with his vehicle and fired twice into the air with a weapon.

Police also said that the man’s wife had previously contacted them about a possible child abduction.

Gunman at Germany’s Hamburg Airport set fires on the tarmac, fired at least 2 shots into the air before parking his car underneath a plane – Bild pic.twitter.com/aeGI4TdvOP

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Several local German media reported that the man had two children inside his car.

Federal police spokesman Thomas Gerbert told dpa that a large number of officers from state and federal police were on site and in the vicinity of the vehicle.

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