The transport hub has been shut down after a person reportedly fired a pistol into the air
An armed person drove a vehicle through a gate at Hamburg airport in northern Germany on Saturday night, prompting a lockdown at the transport hub, police said.
Police spokesman Thomas Gerbert said that the man rammed his vehicle into the gate at around 8 pm local time. The man then threw two Molotov cocktails out of the car, without causing any damage, Gerbert added.
According to newspaper Die Welt, the man twice fired a pistol into the air.
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