Hundreds of people are evacuated from Germany's Frankfurt Airport

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A man sparked a mass evacuation and armed response at a German airport when he shouted 'Allahu Akbar’ after police confronted him for not wearing a face mask.

The 38-year-old man, from Slovenia, acted aggressively towards police at Frankfurt International Airport when police approached him for not wearing a face mask at around 5.16pm today.

The man shouted, 'I will kill you all, Allahu Akbar', before he abandoned his luggage and attempted to flee the scene.

Terminal 1 of the airport was evacuated and footage saw armed officers surrounding a suspect while all passengers were seen standing outside the airport with the regional train station also closed.

A Federal Police Directorate Frankfurt Main Airport spokesman said: 'A federal police patrol approached a Slovenian man who was not wearing mouth and nose protection.

'He immediately showed aggressive behavior towards the officers and said, "I will kill you all, Allahu Akbar".

'Due to his...behavior, the forces deployed assumed that his statement was serious.

'The man then tried to flee, but was immediately overwhelmed by the emergency services under threat of a firearm.'

Their statement added that the man, who was 'known to police', left his luggage behind when he 'tried to escape'.

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