Following an attack in Ankara, Turkey has conducted strikes in northern Iraq and northern Syria against Kurdish militant targets for two days running.
Turkey has launched two days of successive strikes in Iraq and Syria after five people were killed, and 22 injured, in an apparent terror attack in Ankara. Interior minister Ali Yerlikaya said the two attackers - a man and a woman - were killed after the alleged terror incident at a defence and aerospace company in the capital. Two of the 22 injured were said to be in critical condition.
site, in the capital city of Ankara, local media reported. is one of Turkey's most important defence and aerospace companies and produces KAAN, the country's first national combat aircraft, among other projects. captured two gunmen, the man and the woman, entering the facility with assault rifles and backpacks. Turkey's state-run news agency named the five victims, and their occupations: quality control employee Cengiz Coskun; mechanical engineer Zahide Guclu; employee Hasan Huseyin Canbaz; security personnel Atakan Sahin Erdogan, and taxi driver Murat Arslan.
complex in a commandeered taxi. Carrying assault weapons, they detonated an explosive device next to the taxi, causing panic and allowing them to enter. The taxi driver was killed by the assailants and his body was found in the trunk of the vehicle, Anadolu agency reported. Videos circulating on social media show residents ducking for cover as large explosions were heard during the attack, followed by what seemed to be gunfire. Helicopters were seen flying above the premises.
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