Terrorists who stormed Turkish defence company after 'suicide bomb' rocked building are KILLED: Officials reveal five dead and 22 injured in attack

Terrorists who stormed the office of a Turkish defence institution person been killed aft officials revealed the onslaught near 5 dormant and 22 injured.

The antheral and pistillate assailants wielding rifles launched a deadly battle connected the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) adjacent the superior Ankara connected Wednesday at around 4pm section clip (1300 GMT).

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, successful an X post, said: 'A violent onslaught has been carried retired against TUSAŞ Ankara Kahramankazan facilities.'

Yerlikaya said that 2 attackers, 1 antheral and 1 female, were neutralised, but did not accidental whether determination were immoderate different attackers inactive astatine large.

He announced that 5 radical died and 22 radical were injured successful the incidental and that 19 of the wounded were inactive receiving treatment.

The curate added that authorities are moving to find their identities and the organisation they beryllium to, and said that 3 of the wounded are successful a superior condition.

Following the fatal attack, a tribunal determination has imposed a work prohibition connected developments related to the incident. 

Yerlikaya warned: 'The nationalist volition beryllium informed astir the developments. Please instrumentality into information the statements to beryllium made by authoritative sources.'

A akin informing came from the Center for Combating Disinformation nether the Directorate of Communications.

Yerlikaya besides said the perpetrators were 'highly likely' members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). 

'The benignant of the enactment shows that it's highly apt the PKK that carried retired the attack. Once recognition is completed and different grounds go clearer, we'll stock much factual accusation with you,' helium said. 

Minister of National Defense Yaşar Güler, successful his connection regarding the onslaught successful the evening, besides pointed to the PKK and said: 'We springiness these PKK members the punishment they merit each time, but they ne'er travel to their senses.'

Güler added: 'We volition not springiness up connected pursuing them until the past violent is eliminated. We volition avenge the symptom of what was done.'

There was nary authoritative connection from different officials astir the PKK's relation successful the attack.

Explosions and gunshots were heard extracurricular the gathering this afternoon, with pictures from the country showing a fireball erupting and a ample plume of fume rising adjacent the beforehand of the complex.

Unconfirmed reports successful section media suggested that a termination bomber targeted the entranceway gross earlier attackers clashed with information services.

Turkish peculiar forces were dispatched to the scene, with video showing dozens of soldiers heading to the tract arsenic terrified unit members barricaded themselves and hid from the terrorists arsenic they awaited rescue.

Meanwhile relatives of employees trapped wrong the gathering waited anxiously for quality astir their loved ones. 

Images from the country amusement respective household members sobbing into their palms and wiping distant their tears portion waiting extracurricular the building.

Haunting pictures amusement heavy equipped gunmen climbing implicit turnstyles arsenic they entered the building.

Pools of humor and a fig bodies tin beryllium seen lying connected the crushed extracurricular the installation successful pictures from the scene.

Witnesses said that employees wrong the gathering were taken by authorities to shelters and that nary 1 was permitted to leave. 

They said bombings whitethorn person taken spot astatine antithetic exits arsenic employees were leaving enactment for the day.

TV presumption NTV reported that a radical of assailants arrived astatine an introduction to the analyzable successful a taxi during a changing of information personnel. 

The quality outlet besides suggested that unit astatine the analyzable whitethorn person been taken hostage, but it was aboriginal reported that determination was nary hostage situation.

Firefighters, medics and a chopper arrived astatine the country arsenic reports of the horrific onslaught emerged.

Pictures person circulated showing a cache of weapons believed to person been recovered connected the attackers, including grenades, suggesting that galore much could person been killed successful the bloody attack.

It is inactive not wide who was down it. Kurdish militants, ISIS and leftist extremists person carried retired attacks successful the state successful the past.

Mansur Yavas, the politician of Ankara, said successful a statement: 'I americium profoundly saddened by the struggle and violent onslaught that occurred astatine the TAI installation successful Ankara. 

'I privation God's mercy upon our martyrs and a speedy betterment to our wounded. We condemn terrorism.'

Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Turkish counterpart astatine the BRICS acme successful Kazan, Russia, this evening, and offered his condolences implicit the deadly attack.

'We are precise pleased to invited you to Kazan, but earlier we statesman our enactment I would similar to explicit my condolences successful transportation with the panic attack,' Putin said astatine the commencement of talks with President Erdogan. 

The Turkish person thanked him successful return, saying 'we person 4 dormant successful this enactment of terror'.

NATO person besides voiced their enactment for Turkey pursuing the attack. 

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said successful a station connected X: 'The quality of deaths and injuries successful Ankara is profoundly concerning. 

'As NATO, we basal by our state Turkey. We powerfully condemn each forms of coercion and are intimately pursuing developments.'

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said connected his X account: 'As the United States, we basal with our state Turkey and powerfully condemn today's violent attack.'

White House spokesperson John Kirby offered his condolences to the families of those who mislaid their lives and the Turkish radical astatine a property briefing, saying: 'Turkish officials said they are treating this arsenic a violent attack. While we bash not yet cognize the nonstop origin oregon who carried retired the attack, we powerfully condemn this enactment of violence.'

The blast occurred arsenic a large commercialized just for the defence and aerospace industries was taking spot successful Istanbul which was visited this week by Ukraine's apical diplomat.

Turkey's defence sector, which is wide known for its Bayraktar drones, accounts for astir 80 percent of the nation's export revenues with revenues expected to apical 10.2 cardinal dollars successful 2023.

TUSAS is 1 of the country'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.

According to Turkish media, the institution has precocious developed onslaught helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and different aircraft.