An airport in Germany has closed after an armed man reportedly rammed a vehicle through a security gate.
Federal police said an armed man had broken through a gate in Hamburg airport with his vehicle and fired twice into the air with a weapon, local media reported.
Police also said the man’s wife had previously contacted them about a possible child abduction, the reports added.
Several German media outlets reported the man had two children inside his car.
The police tweeted to say there was a “major police operation” at the airport “with a large contingent of emergency services”.
“We are currently assuming a static hostage situation.”
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