An armed father who had taken his four-year-old daughter hostage gave himself up on Sunday without resistance after hours of negotiations at Hamburg airport, German police said.
“The hostage-taking has ended, the man has left his car with his daughter and been taken for questioning by security forces without resistance,” local police announced on X, formerly Twitter, adding the child “seems in good health”.
On Saturday night, a man who police said they believed to be in possession of a pistol and perhaps explosives drove a car through the airport’s gates.
The 35-year-old guy was believed to be embroiled in a custody battle, according to police, and he was with his 4-year-old daughter.
“The hostage situation is over,” the city’s police force wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, early on Sunday afternoon.
“The suspect got out of the car with his daughter. The man was arrested by the emergency services without resistance. The child appears to be unharmed,” it added.
The airport said it was working to resume operations as quickly as possible. A total of 286 flights with around 34,500 passengers had been scheduled for Sunday, it said earlier.
