Ankara: Turkey’s interior minister said an attack on the premises of the Turkish aerospace and defense company TUSAS on Wednesday left a number of people dead or injured.
Ali Yerlikaya did not provide further details on the attack on Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc., in the outskirts of the capital, Ankara.
“Unfortunately, we have martyrs and injured people following the attack,” Yerlikaya said on X.
Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayii AŞ. (TUSAŞ) Ankara Kahramankazan tesislerine yönelik terör saldırısı gerçekleştirilmiştir.
Saldırı sonrası maalesef şehit ve yaralılarımız bulunmaktadır.
Şehitlerimize Allah’tan rahmet; yaralılarımıza acil şifalar diliyorum.
Gelişmelerden kamuoyu…
— Ali Yerlikaya (@AliYerlikaya) October 23, 2024
It was not clear who may be behind the attack. Kurdish militants, the Islamic State group and leftist extremists have carried out attacks in the country in the past.
⚡A terrorist attack took place at the facility of the Turkish Aerospace Corporation Tusaş in Ankara, there are dead and injured, – the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkey. pic.twitter.com/WJGgBzVNLw
— Гакрукс (@Gakruks1) October 23, 2024
Private NTV television said a group assailants arrived at an entry to the complex inside a taxi during a changing of the security personnel. At least one of the assailants detonated a bomb, while other attackers managed to enter the complex.
NTV said gunfire at the site was continuing and that some personnel at the complex may have been taken hostage.
Helicopters were seen flying above the premises, the station reported.
Earlier, media reports said an explosion followed by gunfire was heard at the complex.
Security forces, ambulances and fire fighters were dispatched to the site, NTV television reported.
Employees at the company were taken to a safe area, HaberTurk television reported.
