Английская Википедия:2023 Hamburg Airport hostage incident
Шаблон:Afd-merge to Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox civilian attack On 4 November 2023, 20:00 CET time, an armed man drove through a security barrier and onto the tarmac at Hamburg Airport in Germany.[1][2] The man parked his car under a plane with his four-year-old daughter. The man shot a weapon twice in the air and threw burning bottles from his vehicle.[3][4] He was arrested without resistance ending the 18-hour standoff.[1] The authorities believe the cause was a "custody dispute".[5]
Incident
Hours before the standoff, the suspect's ex-wife, who was based in Stade, Lower Saxony, reported a possible child kidnapping to the police. At around 20:00 local time (19:00 GMT) on 4 November, a 35-year-old Turkish national, drove a rental car through a security gate at Hamburg Airport, 52 kilometers away, and parked under a Turkish Airlines aircraft demanding to be allowed on board to fly to Turkey with his daughter.[6][4][7] He fired a weapon twice in the air and threw two incendiary devices from his car.[6][4][2][8] Authorities said the commercial flight was preparing to take off, forcing the evacuation of everyone on board through a gangway.[4][9]
A spokesperson for Hamburg police said the suspect had been in an "exceptional psychological situation due to custody disputes with his ex-wife"[4] and disagreed with some decisions made by authorities in relation to his daughter's custody arrangements. The suspect also described his life as "a heap of shards".[2] In 2022, he was placed under investigation after he had travelled to Turkey with his daughter without permission from the girl's mother, who brought her back to Germany.[4] A spokesperson for prosecutors later confirmed that the suspect had no weapons permit.[6]
As a result of the incident, the airport was closed and all flights were suspended. Around half of departures and arrivals planned for 5 November were cancelled, while some flights were diverted. The airport management warned that further complications were expected to continue.[2] Hundreds of stranded passengers were put up in hotels.[4]
The incident came three weeks after German federal police received an emailed threat of an attack on an Iran Air flight arriving at the airport.[10]
Negotiations and resolution
Psychologists, negotiation specialists and special forces were deployed to the airport, while talks with the suspect were conducted in Turkish.[2] After 18 hours, the suspect surrendered to authorities "without resistance" and was arrested. His daughter was found to be unharmed.[4] Prosecutors said they were seeking to charge him on suspicion of hostage-taking, removal of a minor and violations of weapons laws.[6]
Aftermath
Operations at the airport returned to normal on 6 November, while the facility's operator promised to "implement further construction measures to strengthen possible entry points to the security area".[6]
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