{"id":117607,"date":"2024-10-23T23:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T16:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117607"},"modified":"2024-10-23T23:12:02","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T16:12:02","slug":"terrorist-attack-on-state-owned-turkish-aerospace-industries-kills-at-least-3-people-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117607","title":{"rendered":"Terrorist attack on state-owned Turkish Aerospace Industries kills at least 3 people, official says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p><em>Ankara<\/em> \u2014 A huge explosion outside the headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) near Ankara left at least several people dead and others wounded, Turkey&#8217;s interior minister said Wednesday, describing it as a &#8220;terrorist attack.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A terrorist attack was carried out against the Turkish Aerospace Industries&#8230; Unfortunately, we have martyrs and injured people,&#8221; Ali Yerlikaya wrote on X after local media reported a blast and shooting outside the site some 25 miles outside Ankara.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yerlikaya said in a subsequent social media post that three people were killed and 14 injured in the attack, in addition to &#8220;two terrorists&#8221; she said were killed. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>TAI is owned by Turkey&#8217;s government and military.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Turkish Aerospace Industries facilities targeted in terror attack in Ankara \" height=\"430\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/10\/23\/bb3b363b-a998-47bc-9f30-b3ea5f0522de\/thumbnail\/620x430\/bfbc5a51fb4c7d0fef6780f3ce5bcda3\/gettyimages-2179638237.jpg?v=b241b87adbbb7f0a227ed35b96d0cefa 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/10\/23\/bb3b363b-a998-47bc-9f30-b3ea5f0522de\/thumbnail\/1240x860\/147bd711bc2ca385f44559c471c5eded\/gettyimages-2179638237.jpg?v=b241b87adbbb7f0a227ed35b96d0cefa 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Smoke rises as security forces, firefighters, and paramedics are dispatched to Turkish Aerospace Industries&#8217; (TAI) facilities after explosions and gunshots were reported following a terrorist attack in the Kahramankazan district of Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 23, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Ismail Kaplan\/Anadolu\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Video from the scene broadcast by local media showed huge clouds of smoke and a large fire raging at the site in Kahramankazan, a small town about 25 miles north of Ankara.<\/p>\n<p>Haberturk TV said there was an ongoing &#8220;hostage situation,&#8221; without giving further details, while the private NTV television spoke of gunshots after an initial explosion at about 4 p.m. local time (8 a.m. Eastern).<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. Turkey has battled Kurdish insurgents based in the south of the country for decades. Turkish forces have conducted numerous cross-border offensives against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and its allied group, the YPG, in northern Iraq and Syria in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The PKK is designated as a terrorist group by Turkey, the U.S. and the European Union, and its battle against the Turkish government has left tens of thousands of people dead since the mid 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>The attack near Ankara on Wednesday came as a major trade fair for the defense and aerospace industries was taking place in Istanbul, which was visited this week by Ukraine&#8217;s top diplomat.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey&#8217;s defence sector, which is widely known for its Bayraktar drones, accounts for nearly 80% of the nation&#8217;s export revenues with revenues expected to top 10.2 billion dollars in 2023. 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