Berlin, Nov 5 (AP) The airport in Hamburg, northern Germany, was closed to passengers and flights were canceled on Saturday night after a vehicle broke through security and entered the airport complex. German news agency DPA gave this information.
Federal police said an armed man drove through an entrance in his vehicle and fired twice into the air. Police also said that the wife of the accused had earlier contacted them regarding the suspicion of kidnapping of a child.
Several local German media outlets reported that the accused man had two children in his car.
Federal police spokesman Thomas Gerbert told dpa that a large number of state and federal police officers were present at the scene and around the vehicle.
AP Gola Simmi
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