Photograph: Serdar Ozsoy/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Serdar Ozsoy/Getty ImagesTurkey’s interior minister has blamed a “terrorist attack” for an explosion and assault by gunmen at the headquarters of the country’s national aerospace company, Tusas, outside Ankara, adding that there were dead and wounded at the scene.
“A terrorist attack was carried out against the Tusas facilities in Kahramankazan, Ankara. Unfortunately, we have martyrs and injured people,” the interior minister, Ali Yerlikaya, posted on X. According to initial reports, the attack was launched by a several gunmen who arrived at the site by taxi, with local television footage appearing to show individuals wearing black and carrying rucksacks in the streets near the building firing on bystanders. TV images also showed a damaged gate and a nearby clash in a car park.
According to the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet, staff in the building were directed to shelters for security reasons.