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Aggressive man causes lockdown at Frankfurt airport
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A police officer stands next to several pieces of luggage in Terminal 1
Source: dpa / Andreas Arnold
A man does not wear mouth and nose protection at Frankfurt airport. A control is intensified. “I’m going to kill you all, Allahu Akbar,” the man shouted, according to police reports. The situation ends with a large-scale operation.
meAn aggressive man without mouth and nose protection caused the partial closure of Terminal 1 at Frankfurt Airport on Saturday night, including a large-scale deployment of federal and state police. A federal police patrol spoke to the man shortly after 5 pm, and he said, “I will kill you all, Allahu Akbar,” federal police said. The emergency services had taken a serious statement for his aggressive behavior. The 38-year-old man tried to flee, but was overpowered “under threat of a firearm.”
The suspect known to the police was brought before the guard. He left his luggage when he tried to escape. Due to the initially unclear location, a large area of Departure Hall B had been cordoned off. Defuser could give the go-ahead after an investigation.
At the same time, a federal police control center reported that an armed man had allegedly been sighted in Terminal 1. Since a connection between the two incidents could not be ruled out, cordon and evacuation measures were extended. The airport’s regional train station was also closed.
“Slight delays in flight operations”
“The operation resulted in further disruption of air and rail traffic at Frankfurt airport,” the Federal Police said. There were no flight cancellations, a Fraport spokeswoman said late in the evening. Due to “slight delays in flight operations,” an exemption was granted for takeoffs and landings until midnight. In the course of the night, after approximately two and a half hours, the barriers were raised again.
The 38-year-old man is being investigated, among other things, on suspicion of threat and resistance to law enforcement officials. “There are parallel investigations into the evidence of armed people,” he said. There were more than 100 federal and state police officers, as well as support customs officers at the airport.
