Recep Tayyip Erdoğan condemns ‘heinous’ attack after explosion and reports of gunfire at Tusaş HQ near Ankara.
Turkey’s interior minister has blamed a “terrorist attack” for an explosion and assault at the headquarters of the national aerospace company, Tusaş, outside Ankara that has killed five people and wounded 22 others.
The large blast happened outside the building at 4pm on Wednesday, and there were reports that gunfire was also heard in the vicinity.
Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said: “I condemn this heinous terrorist attack and wish mercy on our martyrs.”
The interior minister, Ali Yerlikaya, said: “Sadly, we have five martyrs and 22 wounded in the attack. Three of the injured were already discharged from hospital, 19 of them under treatment.”
He said two attackers – a woman and a man – had been “neutralised” and work was under way to determine their identities. Yerlikaya did not say whether there were any other attackers still at large, amid conflicting reports of whether the situation was ongoing.
