2024 Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters attack | |
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Part of 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 the 2 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 a terrorist 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.