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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] |
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.
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]
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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] |
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.
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]