All flights to and from Hamburg Airport have been suspended after a “threat of an attack on an aircraft” inbound from the Iranian capital of Tehran.
Germany’s DPA News Agency has reported on the incident citing an airport spokeswoman.
It said in a tweet: “All flights at Germany’s Hamburg Airport are suspended due to a threat of an attack on an aircraft from the Iranian capital Tehran, an airport spokeswoman tells DPA.”
The news comes amid heightened tensions following a terrorist attack in Israel by Hamas. The group is known to have links to Iran.
Iran has denied any direct involvement in the attacks which killed at least 700 Israelis.
Tehran said in a statement: “We emphatically stand in unflinching support of Palestine; however, we are not involved in Palestine’s response, as it is taken solely by Palestine itself.”
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