Attack at Turkey aviation site leaves some dead, injured

Ankara — 

A deadly onslaught was carried retired astatine the Turkish Aerospace Industries' office adjacent Ankara connected Wednesday, the authorities said, arsenic broadcasters showed footage of respective equipped assailants entering the gathering amid reports of gunfire and a large explosion.

"A violent onslaught was carried retired against the TUSAS facilities successful Kahramankazan, Ankara. Unfortunately, we person martyrs and injured people," Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said connected societal media X, referring to the Aerospace Industries.

The origin and perpetrators of the blast and consequent gunfire remained unclear. Some media reports claimed a termination onslaught had occurred and that determination were hostages wrong the building. Officials person not confirmed this.

Witnesses told Reuters that employees wrong the gathering were taken by authorities to shelters and nary 1 was permitted to leave. They said bombings whitethorn person taken spot astatine antithetic exits arsenic employees were leaving enactment for the day.

The state-owned Anadolu Agency said exigency services were dispatched to the site, portion tv images showed a damaged gross and an speech of gunfire successful a parking lot. The images showed the attackers carrying battle rifles and backpacks arsenic they entered the building.

Anadolu besides said prosecutors had launched an probe into the attack.

TUSAS is 1 of Turkey's astir important defence and aviation companies. It produces KAAN, the country's archetypal nationalist combat aircraft, among different projects, and has implicit 10,000 employees.