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Steakhouse heiress’ children kidnapped while celebrating New Year’s with their father

The custody dispute between a German steakhouse heiress and her former husband took an unexpected turn over🦄 the weekend when their youngest children were 𒀰abducted while celebrating New Year’s with their father in Denmark, local authorities said.

Christina Block’s two children — 13-year-old Klara and Theodor, 10 — were watching fireworks with their father, Block’s ex-husband Stephan Hensel, at a cafe in Gravenstein around 12:15 a.m. Monday when a group of men attacked, .

The men knocked Henselꦛ down and forced the children into a car before speeding away in two separate vehicles, the outlet said, citing Danish police.

The cars used to abduct the children🍌 were registered in Germany, the newspaper added.

Gravestein is about 10 miles from the German border, and federal police stationed patrol cars at the border b﷽y 1:07 a.m.

“We were called in because of a possible k🐟idnapping,” a spokesperson for the federal German police told Bild.

The Hamburg police are 𓂃investigating the incident, the outlet explained.

Christina Block (right) has been in a custody dispute over her two youngest children for two years. Getty Images
Block has been fighting her ex Stephan Hensel, 49, over custody of their children. Alamy Stock Photo
Block, 49, is the daughter of German entrepreneur Eugen Block. Getty Images
Johanna, Gretel and Klara with their mother in 2016. picture alliance / BREUEL-BILD
The couple’s oldest daughter lives with Hansel. picture alliance /

Block, 49, is the daughter of German entrepreneur Eugen Block, whose Hamburg-base꧃d empire includes the popular Block Hous🌊e steakhouse chain.

Block has 🔥been fighting Hensel, 49, over custody of Klara and Theodor since summer 2021, when Hansel supposedly kept the two kids with him in Denmark followi꧟ng a visit, Bild reported.

The couple’s 💮oldest daughter, 17-year-old Johanna, lives with Hansel voluntarily, while the middle daughter, Greta, 15, stays in Hamburg with Block. 

The kidnapping may be tied to the custody dispute, Danish𓂃 police told Bild.

Neither Block not ♈Hansel ꦓhas commented publicly on the abduction.