A video has got viral wherein a woman terrorist can be seen firing indiscriminately using an hi-tech assault rifle after terrorists attacked Turkey’s state-run aerospace and defence company TUSUS in Ankara. Assailants set off an explosive and opened fire on the premises of defense company TUSAS, killing three people and wounding several, officials said.
At least two of the attackers died, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said. He said 14 people were wounded. Selim Cirpanoglum, mayor of the district of Kahramankazan, said that the attack on the company in the outskirts of the capital, Ankara, had abated but could not provide more details.
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. 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.The terrorists jumped off a car in daylight hours.
The attack is on the Turkish Aeorspace Industries facility. The exact location is being speculated as Kahramankazan — 40 kilometres north of Ankara. Shooters have reportedly taken hostages. There are multiple attackers involved including a suspected female terrorist. Unconfirmed reports claim that one terrorist has self-detonated.
Turkey’s SWAT team has neutralised 2 out of 3 shooters. The Turkish Aerospace Industries is considered the hub of aerospace systems. TUSAS designs, manufactures and assembles both civilian and military aircrafts, unmanned aerial vehicles and other defense industry and space systems.
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