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Turkish soldiers carry the coffin of Hasan Huseyin Canbaz, who was killed during an attack by PKK members at the Turkish aerospace and defense company TUSAS on Wednesday, during a funeral at Karsiyaka mosque in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024. (Yavuz Ozden/DIA Photo via AP)

Kurdish militants claim responsibility for deadly attack on Turkish defense firm

The banned Kurdistan Workers' Party has claimed responsibility for an attack on the headquarters of a key defense company in Ankara that killed at least five people

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Published - Oct 25, 2024, 09:49 AM ET
Last Updated - Dec 16, 2024, 05:58 PM EST

BAGHDAD (AP) — A banned Kurdish militant group on Friday claimed responsibility for an attack on the headquarters of a key defense company in Ankara that killed at least five people.

A statement from the military wing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, PKK, said Wednesday’s attack on the premises of the aerospace and defense company TUSAS was carried out by two members of its so-called “Immortal Battalion” in response to Turkish “massacres” and other actions in Kurdish regions.

A man and a woman stormed TUSAS’ premises on the outskirts of Ankara, setting off explosives and opening fire. Four TUSAS employees were killed there. The assailants arrived on the scene in a taxi that they had commandeered by killing its driver.

The assailants were also killed in a subsequent battle with security teams and more than 20 people were injured in the attack.

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