Five people were killed and 22 others wounded in an attack at the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) headquarters on Wednesday.
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on X that two attackers were killed in what he called a terrorist attack, adding three of the injured were in critical condition. TV broadcasters earlier showed footage of armed assailants entering the TUSAS building.
“Two terrorists were neutralized in the terror attack on the TUSAS Ankara Kahramankazan site. Sadly, we have 3 martyrs and 14 wounded in the attack,” Interior Minister Yerlikaya said, referring to the Aerospace Industries.
The cause and perpetrators of the blast and subsequent gunfire remained unclear.
No group had claimed responsibility. Prosecutors have launched an investigation, state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
The incident happened as Erdogan was meeting Putin at a summit in Kazan, with the Russian leader expressing his condolences over the attack.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was holding talks in Russia with Vladimir Putin at the time, confirmed the toll, and condemned what he said was a “heinous terrorist attack”.
