A PRO-HAMAS alleged suicide bomber took staff hostage at a Procter & Gamble factory in a protest against Israel’s attacks on Gaza.
It was not immediately clear how many people were being held at the plant in northwestern Turkey, a police spokesman said.
The man poses inside the P&G factory after taking staff hostage
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Cops cordoned off the scene outside the factory
A union representing workers at the consumer goods plant said the assailant was holding seven people hostage, adding that the rest of the plant’s workers had been released.
The private DHA news agency published a photo widely circulated online of the attacker holding a gun and what appeared to be a suicide vest strapped to his chest.
Another photo showed the man holding a gun in one hand and making a ‘V’ sign with his other hand.
He was seen posing in front of a wall on which Turkish and Palestinian flags were painted with a script that reads: “Gates will open. Either coffin rest or death for Gaza.”
The man entered the factory in Gebze industrial zone in Kocaeli province around 3pm local time, Demiroren News Agency reported.
Cops rushed to the scene to try and persuade the man to give himself up as special operation forces and medics were also dispatched, Turkish media reported.
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