The suspect, who fired his weapon in the air twice, drove through a gate and onto the airport apron, prompting an evacuation of buildings and aircraft.
Airport terminal buildings in the northern German city of Hamburg have been evacuated, along with several aircraft, after an armed man in a car with a child passenger drove onto the apron, an airport spokeswoman said on Saturday evening.
“We are currently assuming this is a hostage situation,” a spokesman for the Hamburg police told dpa.
According to the federal police, an armed man broke through a gate with his vehicle at around 8pm and drove onto the airport apron. He had a gun and had already fired it twice into the air, according to federal police spokesman Thomas Gerbert.
