Saturday night, flights were canceled and the airport in Hamburg, northern Germany, was closed to passengers, according to the German news agency dpa. A vehicle breached security and entered the premises.

According to federal police, an armed individual drove his vehicle through a gate and discharged two rounds into the air.

Additionally, police reported that the man’s wife had contacted them previously regarding a possible child abduction.

Gunman at Germany's Hamburg Airport set fires on the tarmac, fired at least 2 shots into the air before parking his car underneath a plane – Bild pic.twitter.com/aeGI4TdvOP

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Multiple German local news outlets reported that the father was driving with two children inside.

Thomas Gerbert, a spokesman for the federal police, informed dpa that a significant number of state and federal officers were present at the scene and in the vehicle’s vicinity.