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On Friday, February 2, 2024, seven employees at a factory owned by Procter & Gamble in Gebze were held hostage before being freed by Turkish police.
| 2024 Turkish hostage crisis | |
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| Location | Gebze |
| Date | February 2, 2024 |
| Motive | To "stop the massacres committed by Israel in Gaza" and the opening of the Rafah border crossing[1] |
Crisis edit
The hostage-taker was a former employee at the P&G factory, and he entered it around 3 p.m. (1200 GMT), and held his co-workers (six men and a woman) hostage. He was wearing a Palestinian scarf and what looked possibly like an explosive device, and a photo was taken of him in which he held a gun in one hand and made a 'V' sign with the other, in front of graffiti that said "Gates will open. Either coffin rest or death for Gaza."[2]
After 10 hours of negotiations failed, the police raided the factory, after the hostage-taker went to the bathroom. They freed the hostages and apprehended the gunman.[3][4]
References edit
- ^ "Armed man in Turkey holds hostages at Procter & Gamble plant - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East". February 2024.
- ^ "Hostages rescued, armed man detained at P&G factory in Turkey". Reuters. February 2, 2024.
- ^ "US company says hostage-taking by gunmen at its factory in Turkey in Gaza protest has been resolved". AP News. 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
- ^ Reyes, Ronny (2024-02-01). "Gunmen who stormed Procter & Gamble plant in Turkey in protest of Israel-Hamas war detained, 7 hostages rescued". New York Post. Retrieved 2024-02-02.