Turkish Aerospace Company Attacked by Gunmen, Four Dead and 14 Wounded

There was an detonation and gunfire extracurricular of the office of Turkish Aerospace Industries (Tusas) successful Ankara, Turkey connected Wednesday. According to Ali Yerlikaya, Turkey’s Interior Minister, 3 radical are dormant and 14 wounded. He besides said that 2 “terrorists” person died successful the onslaught but it’s unclear if the warring is ongoing. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan updated the fig to accidental 4 had died.

SON DAKİKA | Ankara'nın Kahramankazan ilçesinde bulunan Türk Uçak Sanayii Anonim Ortaklığı (#TUSAŞ) Tesisi önünde patlama meydana geldi. Patlamanın canlı bomba olduğu değerlendirilmektedir. Silah sesleri duyup aktadır #sondakika #canlıbomba #tusaş #silah pic.twitter.com/hIvYM3ysw9

— Gündem_Borsa (@gndem_borsa) October 23, 2024

Posts connected societal media recorded the detonation and its contiguous aftermath. In videos uploaded from the country and information cameras, a antheral and a pistillate holding battle rifles and wearing backpacks combat adjacent a taxi and determination done the lobby of Tusas.

İşte TUSAŞ'a saldıran teröristler!#TUSAŞ #patlama #Ankara pic.twitter.com/3KibO0L7kZ

— İhlas Haber Ajansı (@ihacomtr) October 23, 2024

Ankara'da TUSAŞ’a karşı gerçekleştirilen terör saldırısının ilk anı pic.twitter.com/fsgwjzx0gc

— Asayiş Berkemal (@asayisberkemal0) October 23, 2024

According to Sky News, a radical of attackers arrived astatine the gathering via a taxi and entered the gathering during a displacement change. There was a ample explosion, presumably detonated by the attackers, and past locals heard the dependable of gunshots. There are besides reports that 1 of the attackers has taken hostages successful the building.

In a station connected X, Yerlikaya blamed “terrorists” for the onslaught but nary radical had claimed work for it. “Two terrorists were neutralized successful the violent onslaught targeting [Tusas] Ankara Kahramankazan facilities,” helium said. “Unfortunately, we person 3 martyrs and 14 injured successful the attack. May God person mercy connected our martyrs and I privation a speedy betterment to our wounded. I condemn this heinous attack. Our conflict volition proceed with determination and resoluteness until the past violent is neutralized.”

Turkey has go a major weapons manufacturer successful caller years. Turkey utilized to bargain astir of its weapons from the West, but began to put successful its ain manufacture successful the aboriginal 2000s, astir the clip current-president Erdoğan came to powerfulness arsenic a premier minister. Erdogan aggressively pursued the extremity of home accumulation of weapons. The effort worked and it has go a large manufacture for Turkey implicit the past 2 decades.

Tusas is 1 of the large players successful the Turkish defence manufacture and builds F-16s successful the state based connected a licensing woody with Lockheed Martin. Tusas besides builds the engines for Turkey’s home-grown fifth-generation stealth combatant pitchy arsenic good arsenic drones similar the TAI Anka.

Turkey’s unmanned drones are popular. Similar to America’s Predator and Reaper, Turkey is selling drones to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Poland, and Ukraine. Kyiv is fond of the non-Tusas drone the Bayraktar and its genitor institution is gathering a works successful Ukraine to velocity up the proviso of drones to the country.