Emergency rescue groups and cops work outdoors Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. on the outskirts of Ankara, Turkiye, on October 23, 2024. | Picture credit score: AP
An enormous explosion in entrance of the Turkish Aerospace Business (TAI) headquarters close to Ankara left a number of folks “useless and injured”, Turkiye’s Inside Minister mentioned on Wednesday (October 23, 2024), calling it an “assault terrorist”.
“A terrorist assault was carried out towards Turkish aerospace industries… Sadly, now we have martyrs and wounded,” Ali Yerlikaya wrote in X, utilizing a time period usually used for deaths of troopers or cops.
Photographs from the positioning launched by native media initially confirmed large clouds of smoke and a big fireplace within the space of Kahramankazan, a small city about 40 kilometers north of Ankara.
Haberturk TV mentioned there was an ongoing “hostage scenario” with out giving additional particulars, whereas the personal ntv Tv reported gunshots after the explosion, which befell round 4:00 p.m. native time (1:00 p.m. GMT; 6:30 p.m. IST).
There was no rapid declare for the assault.
The explosion occurred whereas a serious commerce truthful for the aerospace and protection industries was being held in Istanbul, which was visited this week by Ukraine’s prime diplomat.
Turkiye’s protection sector, extensively identified for its Bayraktar drones, accounts for nearly 80% of the nation’s export income and is predicted to exceed $10.2 billion in 2023.
Revealed – October 23, 2024 08:02 pm IST
