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

Four-year-old girl safe as Hamburg airport gunman arrested
A hostage situation that shut down Hamburg airport ended on Sunday afternoon (Jonas Walzberg/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.

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