Istanbul: Police have arrived at the hospital
Lefteris Pitarakis/AP
Mark Chandler1 February 2017
An armed police officer admitted to a psychiatric unit barricaded himself in a room and threatened to commit suicide.
The incident broke out on Wednesday morning in the psychiatric clinic of Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine at Istanbul University, local media reported.
Police along with negotiators descended on the area.
It was initially reported the man had taken several members of staff hostage.
However, police said all people working at the faculty had been safely evacuated.
Local media said the man had been receiving treatment at the facility for two years.
The gun was not believed to be his.
