2024 Turkish hostage crisis

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
LocationGebze
DateFebruary 2, 2024
MotiveTo "stop the massacres committed by Israel in Gaza" and the opening of the Rafah border crossing[1]

Crisis

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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

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  1. ^ "Armed man in Turkey holds hostages at Procter & Gamble plant - Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East". February 2024.
  2. ^ "Hostages rescued, armed man detained at P&G factory in Turkey". Reuters. February 2, 2024.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ 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.