An armed man is holding hostages in a hospital in Turkey's capital Istanbul, reports said. According to Turkish media reports, an armed man is holding a number of doctors and other staff hostage at a hospital in Istanbul. The Hurriyet newspaper has said that the gunman is believed to be a patient at the psychiatric unit of Istanbul’s Cerrahpasa Hospital. It says police have been dispatched to the scene of the incident.

Source: India Today February 01, 2017 11:33 UTC