Smoke rises as emergency rescue groups and law enforcement officials attend to the scene of an assault outdoors Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. on the outskirts of Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday.
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ANKARA, Turkey — Assailants set off explosives and opened hearth in an assault Wednesday on the premises of the Turkish state-run aerospace and protection firm TUSAS, killing 4 folks and wounding a number of, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated.
Not less than two of the attackers died, Inside Minister Ali Yerlikaya stated.
“We have four martyrs. We have 14 wounded. I condemn this heinous terrorist attack and wish mercy on our martyrs,” Erdogan stated throughout a gathering with Russian President Vladimir Putin within the sidelines of a BRICS assembly in Kazan, Russia.
Putin supplied him condolences over the assault.
Selim Cirpanoglu, mayor of the district of Kahramankazan, instructed The Related Press that the assault on the corporate within the outskirts of the capital, Ankara, had abated however couldn’t present extra particulars.
It was not clear who could also be behind it. Kurdish militants, the Islamic State group and leftist extremists have carried out assaults within the nation prior to now.
Safety digital camera photographs from the assault, aired on tv, confirmed a person in plainclothes carrying a backpack and holding an assault rifle.
Turkish media stated three assailants, together with a girl, arrived at an entry to the complicated inside a taxi. The assailants, who have been carrying assault weapons, then detonated an explosive gadget subsequent to the taxi, inflicting panic and permitting them to enter the complicated.
A number of gunshots have been heard after Turkish safety forces entered the positioning, the DHA information company and different media reported. Helicopters have been seen flying above the premises.
TUSAS designs, manufactures and assembles each civilian and navy aircrafts, unmanned aerial automobiles and different protection trade and house methods. The UAVs have been instrumental in Turkey gaining an higher hand in its struggle in opposition to Kurdish militants in Turkey and throughout the border in Iraq.
Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz stated the goal of the assault was Turkey’s “success in the defense industry.”
“It should be known that these attacks will not be able to deter the heroic employees of defense industry,” he wrote on X.
