A terrorist attack against the headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) about 40 kilometers from the turkish capital, Ankara, left five dead and 22 injured.
The minister of Interior, Ali Yerlikaya, confirmed that two attackers, a man and a woman, were killed during the assault. Among the fatalities There is a taxi driver who transported the attackers, while the other deceased were employees of COUGHS.
Yerlikaya condemned the attack and linked it to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). The authorities, in response, launched aerial bombardments that destroyed 32 PKK targets in Iraq and Syria.
The television network NTV He said that it was a suicide attack and indicated that a “group of terrorists” broke into the building and one of them “detonated himself.” After the explosion, there was a shootout for more than an hour.
Defense Minister Yasar Guler supported the accusation of the PKK, which has been carrying out an insurgency against the Turkish government since 1984, and promised that those responsible will be punished. The attack reportedly followed a series of violent incidents in the region, raising concerns about national security.
For his part, the president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reaffirmed his commitment to combating terrorism, while the I’LL TAKE and Russia expressed their support for Türkiye.