2024 Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters attack

2024 Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters attack
Part of the Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
Attackers on security cameras
LocationKahramankazan, Ankara, Turkey
Coordinates40°4′57″N 32°35′3″E / 40.08250°N 32.58417°E / 40.08250; 32.58417
Date23 October 2024
3:26 p.m. (TRT)
TargetTurkish Space Systems, Integration and Test Center
Attack type
Bombings and mass shooting
WeaponsAKS-74Us, M67 grenades and explosives
Deaths7 (including the 2 perpetrators)
Injured22
Perpetrators Kurdistan Workers' Party[1]
Assailants
  • Ali Örek
  • Mine Sevjin Alçiçek

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.

  1. ^ Abdalrahman, Didar (25 October 2024). "PKK claims responsibility for Ankara aerospace firm attack". Rudaw Media Network. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  2. ^ "'Dead and wounded' in attack near Ankara, Turkish minister says". Al Jazeera. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Ankara TUSAŞ'ta terör saldırısı: 5 şehit, 22 yaralı". Milliyet (in Turkish). 23 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.