Four-year-old girl safe as Hamburg airport gunman arrested

German police advised travellers on Sunday not to use Hamburg airport due to a developing hostage situation (Bodo Marks/dpa/AP)

A hostage situation that shut down Hamburg airport is over, with a man arrested and his four-year-old daughter safe, German police said on Sunday afternoon.

The incident began about 18 hours earlier when a man drove his vehicle through the gates of the airport with his young daughter inside, authorities said.