Procter & Gamble staff held hostage in Turkish factory freed in police raid

Gunman, who was detained unharmed, was protesting about war in Gaza and had trapped seven workers for nearly nine hours

Turkish police have released seven workers taken hostage by a pro-Palestinian gunman at a plant near Istanbul owned by US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble in protest at the war in Gaza.

Local officials said police staged a raid nearly nine hours into the standoff when the lone gunman took a bathroom break.