P&G factory staff taken hostage in Turkey -media

Some staff at a Procter & Gamble factory in northwestern Turkey have been taken hostage by an armed man apparently protesting against Israel's attacks on Gaza, Demiroren News Agency reported on Thursday. An unidentified man carrying a gun entered the factory in Gebze industrial zone in Kocaeli province around 3 p.m.

Some staff at a Procter & Gamble factory in northwestern Turkey have been taken hostage by an armed man apparently protesting against Israel's attacks on Gaza, Demiroren News Agency reported on Thursday.

An unidentified man carrying a gun entered the factory in Gebze industrial zone in Kocaeli province around 3 p.m. (1200 GMT), Demiroren said, adding that police rushed to the scene and were trying to persuade him to stand down. The Kocaeli governor is on his way to the scene, according to private NTV. Turkish authorities have not issued any statement on the incident.