The Danish heir’s two children, 10 and 13, are “kidnapped” when their father is attacked during a New Year’s Eve fireworks display during a bitter custody battle

The two children of a Danish heir were kidnapped by several men who attacked their father during a New Year’s Eve fireworks display.

On January 1, shortly after midnight, several men threw 49-year-old Stephen Hensel to the ground while he was watching the fireworks in the small Danish town with his children, 13-year-old Klara and 10-year-old Theodor . Gravenstein.

Before fleeing, the men packed the children of Danish socialite and steakhouse heiress Christina Block into two German rental cars – a Citroën DS7 Crossback with number plate DN-AV 9551 and a Mercedes A-Class with the license plate WI-W 6481 E. They were not caught.

Police told Bild that they were investigating the abduction and that the German Federal Police was assisting in the ongoing search.

Federal police told the newspaper that several patrol cars were stationed at the border with Denmark, 16 kilometers from where the children were abducted, although the investigation had been handed over to state police in Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg.

Danish police said the incident may be related to an ongoing custody dispute between Block and her ex-husband

Danish police said the incident may be related to an ongoing custody dispute between Ms. Block and her ex-husband.

Mr. Hensel had both Klara and Theodor with him in Denmark during a visit in 2021.

Her eldest daughter, the 17-year-old Johanna, is supposed to be with Mr. Hensel to live in Denmark, while the 15-year-old Greta lives with me. Block lives in Hamburg.

Ms Block, who has been in a relationship with German television presenter and sports journalist Gerhard Delling since 2021, and her family are not allowed to see Klara, Theodor and Johanna.

When their mother Christa died of cancer in July at the age of 82, the three children could not say goodbye.

Since 2021 Ms. Block in a relationship with German television presenter and sports journalist Gerhard Delling

Christina Block and Gerhard Delling attend the Ein Herz Für Kinder Gala 2023 at Studio Berlin Adlershof

“I’ve sent gifts and letters to all three, but I don’t know if they’ll show up,” Block previously revealed.

“And then I wonder what words my ex-husband will use to give the gifts to my children.

“Does he take it with compassion or does he trivialize the content? I don’t know and it hurts.”

Mrs. Block’s father, Eugen, is worth 300 million euros, local media reports.

His three children Dirk, Christina and Philipp each have an eight percent stake in his company Eugen Block Holdings, which in turn has stakes in several of Eugen’s companies, including the Block House steakhouse chain and the Jim Block burger restaurants.