TURKEY — An explosion hit the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) headquarters close to Ankara on Wednesday inflicting a number of casualties. Turkish authorities described it as terrorism.
TUSAS is an engine producer for the Turkish protection business. A sequence of explosions and gunshots had been heard throughout reside footage revealed by the IHA information company. Police and different emergency groups had been dispatched to the headquarters.
Turkey’s HaberTurk TV mentioned staff took shelter on website.
Turkish Inside Minister Ali Yerlikaya labeled the explosion a “terror assault,” indicating that there have been casualties. Yerlikaya didn’t present extra particulars.
“A terrorist assault has been carried out in opposition to the Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. services in Kahramankazan, Ankara,” Yerlikaya wrote on X.
Anil Sahin, a well-connected protection business researcher, advised HaberTurk that the assault was carried out by a number of assailants who arrived on the compound in a taxi. Footage from IHA confirmed a closely broken yellow cab reportedly concerned within the preliminary explosion. A number of pictures carried by Turkish information shops confirmed a minimum of two attackers, certainly one of them a lady, advancing contained in the compound with long-barreled rifles.
This growing story has been up to date since preliminary publication.
