An armed attack took place yesterday in Turkey when a man and a woman entered the headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries in Ankara and opened fire, killing five people, including four employees and the taxi driver who had brought them. The attack also injured 22 people, and an explosion occurred at the site.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan condemned the attack, stating: “I denounce this heinous terrorist act and extend my condolences to those we have lost.”
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya confirmed: “Sadly, we have five dead and 22 injured. Three injured have been discharged, while 19 are still receiving treatment.” The attackers were “neutralized,” according to Yerlikaya.
PKK: A political party and armed organization that originally advocated for the creation of a Kurdish state in Eastern Turkey and Northern Iraq and now calls for greater autonomy for Kurds in these regions.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack; however, Turkey’s Defense Minister, Yaşar Güler, and Yerlikaya accused the PKK. Early this morning, 32 of their targets were bombed in Northern Iraq and Syria.
“We will pursue them until the last terrorist is eliminated,” Güler said.
The attack in Ankara occurred one day after the leader of Turkey’s far-right Nationalist Movement Party, an ally of Erdoğan, suggested that imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan could be released on the condition that he renounces violence and disbands his organization.
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