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IBNS-CMEDIA: At least five people were killed and 22 others were injured after armed gunmen attacked the main facility of the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) in Ankara city on Wednesday.
Country’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya confirmed the incident and said security forces neutralised the two attackers.
“Two terrorists were neutralized in the terrorist attack targeting the Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TUSAŞ) Ankara Kahramankazan facilities,” the Minister wrote in X.
YENİ BİLGİ-1
Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayii AŞ. (TUSAŞ) Ankara Kahramankazan tesislerine yönelik terör saldırısında 2 terörist etkisiz hale getirilmiştir.
Saldırıda maalesef 3 şehidimiz, 14 yaralımız var.
Şehitlerimize Allah’tan rahmet; yaralılarımıza acil şifalar diliyorum.…— Ali Yerlikaya (@AliYerlikaya) October 23, 2024
“Unfortunately, we have 3 martyrs and 14 injured in the attack,” he said.
“I condemn this heinous attack. Our struggle will continue with determination and resolve until the last terrorist is neutralized,” he said.
No terror group has claimed responsibility for the incident so far.
According to reports, the two attackers, who were neutralised by security forces, were a male and the other was a female.
Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler suspects Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) could be behind the attack.
Without elaborating on the attackers’ identities, Guler told reporters as quoted by CNN, “We [Turkey] punish the dishonorable PKK members as they deserve over and over again but they never seem to learn.”
The attack occurred at a time when the country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was visiting Russia to attend the BRICS Summit.
Reacting to the incident, Erdogan posted on X: “The terrorist attack against TAI, one of the locomotive organizations of the Turkish defense industry, is a vile attack targeting the survival of our country, the peace of our nation, and our defense initiatives that are the symbol of our ‘Fully Independent Turkey’ ideal.”
Türk savunma sanayisinin lokomotif kuruluşlarından olan TUSAŞ’a yönelik düzenlenen terör eylemi; ülkemizin bekasını, milletimizin huzurunu ve “Tam Bağımsız Türkiye” idealimizin timsali olan savunma atılımlarımızı hedef alan alçakça bir saldırıdır.
Terör eyleminin ilk anından…— Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (@RTErdogan) October 23, 2024
He said: “Our fight against all kinds of terrorist threats and their supporters will continue with determination, resolve and in a multi-dimensional manner.
