Ankara, MINA – At least five people were killed and 22 others injured in a militant attack in Turkiye that targeted the headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) in the Kahramankazan district of the capital Ankara on Wednesday.
A group of attackers detonated explosives and opened fire on the Turkish state-owned defense and aerospace company. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the attack.
“I condemn this heinous attack on a Turkish Aerospace Industries facility,” Erdogan said in an Anadolu Agency report.
Defense Minister Yaşar Güler accused “Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants of being behind the attack.”
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Shortly after the attack he spoke to the press, Güler said, “We give these PKKs the punishment they deserve every time, but they never learn. As I always say, we will continue to pursue them relentlessly until the last terrorist is eliminated.”
Turkiye media said the attackers arrived at the entrance of the compound in a taxi. The attackers carrying assault weapons detonated explosive devices next to the taxi, causing panic so they could enter the compound. (T/RE1/P2)
Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)
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