An armed father who took his four-year-old daughter hostage, forcing the suspension of flights at Hamburg airport, gave himself up “without resistance” on Sunday after hours of negotiations, German police said.

A sharp rise in anti-Semitic attacks in Austria over the past few weeks have sparked concerns of a spillover of the Israel-Hamas war in the central European nation.

57-year-old Juan Jumalon was broadcasting from his home studio in the town of Calamba in the Philippines when the gunman gained entry by pretending to be a listener.

Police said the driver’s wife had previously called to warn of a possible child abduction.

‘Early enquires suggest an anti-Semitic murder attempt.’

Two bodies were found on the boats and two migrants died in hospital.