2024 Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters attack | |
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Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict and the Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency | |
Location | Kahramankazan, Ankara, Turkey |
Coordinates | 40°4′57″N 32°35′3″E / 40.08250°N 32.58417°E |
Date | 23 October 2024 3:26 p.m. (TRT) |
Target | Turkish Space Systems, Integration and Test Center |
Attack type | Bombings and mass shooting |
Weapons | AKS-74Us, M67 grenades and explosives |
Deaths | 7 (including both perpetrators) |
Injured | 22 |
Perpetrators | Kurdistan Workers' Party[1] |
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On 23 October 2024, five people were killed and twenty-two injured in an armed attack on the headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) in Kahramankazan, Ankara.[2] The two attackers were later killed.[3] The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) claimed responsibility for the attack. In retaliation, the Turkish military conducted airstrikes on positions in Iraq and Syria, which killed at least 12 civilians and wounded 25 more.