Emergency rescue teams and police officers work outside of Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. on the outskirts of Ankara, Turkey, WednesdayANKARA, Turkey — Assailants set off an explosive and opened fire in an attack Wednesday on the premises of the Turkish state-run aerospace and defense company TUSAS, killing three people and wounding several, officials said.
It was not clear who may be behind the attack. Kurdish militants, the Islamic State group and leftist extremists have carried out attacks in the country in the past. Private NTV television said a group assailants arrived at an entry to the complex inside a taxi during a changing of the security personnel. At least one of the assailants detonated a bomb, while other attackers managed to enter the complex.
Helicopters were seen flying above the premises in Ankara's Kahramankazan district, the station reported. TUSAS designs, manufactures and assembles both civilian and military aircrafts, unmanned aerial vehicles and other defense industry and space systems.Security camera images from the attack, aired on television, showed a man in plainclothes carrying a backpack and holding an assault rifle.
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