Turkey Frees P&G Workers Held Hostage in Anti-Israel Protest
- Assailant ‘neutralized,’ according to government official
- Individual was a former employee, Turkish governor said
A group of seven hostages were set free from a Procter & Gamble Co. factory in Turkey after an assailant was ‘neutralized,’ according to a government official.
The person, a former employee, was protesting Israeli attacks in Gaza, according to Seddar Yavuz, governor in Kocaeli, a region east of Istanbul. Turkey’s Demiroren News Agency shared a photo of the alleged assailant standing next to a drawing of the Palestinian flag while armed with a pistol and wearing what looked like a vest loaded with explosives. Bloomberg couldn’t immediately verify the image.