Hostage drama ends at high school

An armed man, fleeing police, entered the Terakki High School in Istanbul’s Şişli district Tuesday morning and took a teacher and a laboratory assistant hostage. Police ringed the building and started to negotiate the release of the two hostages. The armed man freed one of his captives and was soon after wounded by police as they entered the building. The second hostage was freed unharmed.
The school’s administration said that the incident was away from the classrooms and that no students were put at risk.