Hostage drama at Hamburg Airport is over, police sayon November 5, 2023 at 1:46 pm

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A man has been arrested after 18 hours, with his daughter apparently unharmed, police say.

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A hostage situation at Hamburg Airport involving a young child has ended after 18 hours, according to local police.

The man drove through a security barrier and onto the airport tarmac on Saturday night with his four-year-old daughter in the car and parked under a plane.

He eventually gave himself up to the authorities “without resistance”, according to police, and was arrested.

“The child appears to be unharmed,” they wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

The incident caused the disruption of several flights in and out of the airport.

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