Army deserter takes hostages in shopping center in Turkey

Baku. 22 October. REPORT.AZ/ An armed soldier deserted a military unit in Gaziantep, Turkey, and took the shopping center employees hostage.

Report informs citing NTV television that the deserter serviceman took a G3 rifle as he escaped from the military unit.

An undisclosed man attacked a shopping center and captured its employees. The entrance and exit of  the shopping center were closed.

A large number of police, gendarmerie, rescuers and ambulance brigades were dispatched to the scene. The security forces negotiate with the armed man to rescue and release the hostages.

The cause of the incident is unknown.