Turkey: A video has surfaced showing the exact moment gunshots were fired on the premises of the Turkish state-run aerospace and defence company TUSAS on Wednesday . The footage showed a chaotic scene as shots rang out, causing alarm among staff and security. The motive behind the gunfire remains unclear, but authorities are investigating the incident. A local official official said that the attack on the premises of TUSAS left three people dead and wounded five.
Turkey’s interior minister took to X and said,”Unfortunately, we have martyrs and injured people following the attack.” Yerlikaya did not provide further details on the attack on Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc., in the outskirts of the capital, Ankara.
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.
NTV said gunfire at the site was continuing and that some personnel at the complex may have been taken hostage. 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. At least one woman, also carrying an assault rifle, was among the assailants, according to the images.
Earlier, media reports said an explosion followed by gunfire was heard at the complex. Security forces, ambulances and firefighters were dispatched to the site, NTV television reported.
Employees at the company were taken to a safe area, HaberTurk television reported.
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