Four Dead In Attack On Aerospace Firm Near Turkey’s Ankara
At least four people were killed and 14 wounded in the attack on the headquarters of Turkish space and defense company Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) near the capital Ankara, the Turkish president said.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was in Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin at the time of Wednesday’s attack, confirmed the death toll and condemned what he called a “heinous terrorist attack.”
“Two terrorists have been neutralised” in the incident at the Turkish state company’s headquarters, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya wrote in Kahramankazan, a small town about 40 kilometres north of Ankara.
Local media reports said a loud explosion was heard at the scene and shots were fired.
Security camera footage of the attack broadcast by the station showed a man in plain clothes carrying a backpack and holding an assault rifle.