Fortunately, the dramatic hostage crisis in Hamburg had a happy ending. In the ‘Krone’ interview, Eduard Hamedl analyzes what happens in such a situation. The 72-year-old was a negotiator for the Austrian police for many years. The former officer gained fame for his successful work in taking hostages in the Karlau prison in Graz. He knows what makes kidnappers tick.
“It is important that every situation is individual. To some, eighteen hours of negotiations may seem like a long time, but it takes time to build trust with the hostage taker. This is the only way I can find out what the kidnapper wants,” said the expert.
‘The man must have been very desperate to behave like that. Even though he planned this kidnapping, he finds himself in a stressful situation. That’s why it’s important to give it time. Applying pressure can have serious consequences.”
But how do you build a relationship in such a precarious situation? “Everyone has a small window, and as a negotiator I have to make sure I open that so I can change the situation,” Styrian explains.
In the eyes of the former negotiator, it was an advantage that the daughter was in the car: “The father certainly did not want anything to happen to the girl. He probably wouldn’t have used violence against her. The safety of the hostages is always our priority.”
It is not known how the negotiators got Salman E. to give up – perhaps fatigue. “But a tired hostage taker can also mean danger,” Hamedl warns.
Source: Krone
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