{"id":53727,"date":"2024-10-23T20:53:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T15:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=53727"},"modified":"2024-10-23T20:53:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T15:53:54","slug":"four-killed-14-injured-in-attack-on-turkish-state-aviation-firm-near-ankara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/four-killed-14-injured-in-attack-on-turkish-state-aviation-firm-near-ankara\/","title":{"rendered":"Four killed, 14 injured in attack on Turkish state aviation firm near Ankara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">ANKARA (Reuters): Four people were killed and 14 others wounded in an attack at the Turkish Aerospace Industries&#8217; headquarters on Wednesday, the government said, and witnesses said they heard gunfire and a loud explosion at the site near Ankara.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said two attackers were killed in what he called a terrorist attack, adding three of the injured are in critical condition. TV broadcasters earlier showed footage of armed assailants entering the TUSAS building.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;Two terrorists were <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">neutralized<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> in the terror attack on the TUSAS Ankara Kahramankazan site. Sadly, we have 3 martyrs and 14 wounded in the attack,&#8221; Yerlikaya said, referring to the Aerospace Industries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, alongside Russia&#8217;s Vladimir Putin at a BRICS conference in the Russian city of Kazan, also called it a terrorist attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The cause and perpetrators of the blast and subsequent gunfire remained unclear. No group had claimed responsibility. Prosecutors have launched an investigation, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"tr\">T\u00fcrk Havac\u0131l\u0131k ve Uzay Sanayii A\u015e. (TUSA\u015e) Ankara Kahramankazan tesislerine y\u00f6nelik ter\u00f6r sald\u0131r\u0131s\u0131 ger\u00e7ekle\u015ftirilmi\u015ftir.<\/p>\n<p>Sald\u0131r\u0131 sonras\u0131 maalesef \u015fehit ve yaral\u0131lar\u0131m\u0131z bulunmaktad\u0131r.<\/p>\n<p>\u015eehitlerimize Allah\u2019tan rahmet; yaral\u0131lar\u0131m\u0131za acil \u015fifalar diliyorum.<\/p>\n<p>Geli\u015fmelerden kamuoyu\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ali Yerlikaya (@AliYerlikaya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AliYerlikaya\/status\/1849076451074564307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Some media reports claimed a suicide attack had occurred and that there were hostages inside the building, though officials have not confirmed this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Witnesses told Reuters that employees inside the building were taken by authorities to shelters and no one was permitted to leave for a few hours. They said the blasts they heard may have taken place at different exits as employees were leaving work for the day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Broadcasters showed images of a damaged gate and footage of an exchange of gunfire in a parking lot, as well as attackers carrying assault rifles and backpacks as they entered the building. Ambulances and helicopters later arrived.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">TUSAS is Turkey&#8217;s largest aerospace manufacturer, currently producing <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">training<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> craft, combat and civilian helicopters, as well as developing the country&#8217;s first indigenous fighter jet, KAAN. Owned by the Turkish Armed Forces Foundation and the <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">government<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, it employs more than 10,000 people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte condemned the attack and said the military alliance would stand with its ally Turkey. The European Union delegation in Turkey also condemned the attack.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANKARA (Reuters): Four people were killed and 14 others wounded in an attack at the Turkish Aerospace Industries&#8217; headquarters on Wednesday, the government said, and witnesses said they heard gunfire and a loud explosion at the site near Ankara. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said two attackers were killed in what he called a terrorist attack, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":53728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[23297,23296],"class_list":["post-53727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-ankara-attack","tag-turkish-state-aviation-firm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53727"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53729,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53727\/revisions\/53729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}