He had been holding his 4-year-old daughter in a car on the tarmac at Hamburg airport since Saturday evening. The man, aged 35, “left the car with his daughter and was arrested without resistance by the police,” said the police. local font on (ex-Twitter), specifying that the child “seems in good health”.
This hostage situation, linked to a conflict with the mother over custody of the little girl, began on Saturday evening around 8 p.m., when the man forced entry to the airport, firing shots. He wanted to try to leave for Turkey with his daughter, whom he had previously kidnapped from his wife’s home.
Long negotiations
German police conducted long negotiations all night and part of Sunday to convince the father, armed and suspected of possessing explosives, to surrender. Air traffic at Hamburg Airport was suspended on Saturday evening and was to remain suspended on Sunday until further notice.
The police had mobilized psychologists and teams of negotiators on site, in addition to intervention units.