Air traffic has been suspended at Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport due to the sighting of an armed man, Bild reports.
It is reported that an unknown person in an Audi car without a license plate rammed the fence and drove into the territory where the planes are parked. He stopped under a scheduled airliner and, according to sources, threw two bottles, probably containing Molotov cocktails, out of the window.
BREAKING:
The Hamburg Airport has been closed after a man with a gun crashed through a gate with his car and continued driving to the tarmac.
Police getting ready to storm the airport.
Some German media claim the man fired off shots while breaking in. https://t.co/89vg3EaFdu
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) November 4, 2023
There is information that there is also a child in the car, whom the man is holding hostage as cover.
Hamburg Airport, Germany 🇩🇪
Current situation after air traffic has been cancelled due to a security incident.
Man holds hostages in his car on the compound and has shot on police officers, appears a major incident is ongoing.
Source: WW3 INFO ✅ pic.twitter.com/H8X1SVNqbx— Outspoken. 🇬🇧 (@ExploringAlway) November 4, 2023
The police say that they are now in contact with the criminal, but he has not yet made any demands.
Due to the incident, air traffic at the airport was completely stopped, people waiting for their flights were evacuated, and police helicopters were scrambled into the air.
#BREAKING | Hamburg SWAT unit seen at Hamburg Airport where armed gunman has taken two children hostage. pic.twitter.com/Tspf6K3cye
— Breaking news 24/7 (@aliifil1) November 4, 2023