Police are reportedly trying to persuade a hostage-taker to stand down. -EPA
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 reports.
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An unidentified man carrying a gun entered the factory in Gebze industrial zone in Kocaeli province about 3pm on Thursday, 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.
