Gunmen take seven staff hostage at Procter & Gamble factory in Turkey
Two gunmen have taken seven people hostage at a factory in Turkey owned by the US company Procter & Gamble, according to media reports, in an apparent protest over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
Turkish media published an image of one of the purported suspects inside the factory – a man wearing what appeared to be a rudimentary explosives belt and holding a handgun.
The private news agency DHA said the men entered the main building of the facility in Gebze, in the province of Kocaeli, at about 3pm local time on Thursday and took seven members of staff hostage.
It said they claimed their actions were to highlight the loss of life in the Palestinian enclave. About 27,000 people have been killed in Gaza in Israel’s military operation since 7 October, according to the Hamas-controlled health ministry.