Turkey strikes Kurdish militant targets in Iraq, Syria after attack on Ankara defence complex
Over 30 targets were hit following the deadly assault at the state-run aerospace and defence facility in the Turkish capital.
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Turkey’s military launched airstrikes on Kurdish militant positions in northern Iraq and Syria on Wednesday after a deadly attack at the Turkish Aerospace Industries, or TUSAS, in Ankara, reported AP.
The strike targeted members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, who are believed to be responsible for the attack at the state-run aerospace and defence facility in the Turkish capital earlier in the day. The Turkish Defence Ministry said it destroyed around 30 militant sites.
The attack on TUSAS, which designs and manufactures civilian and military aircraft, left five dead and over 20 injured, including seven security personnel. The assailants, a man and a woman, carried out the assault using explosives and firearms before being killed by security forces.
One of the victims, a mechanical engineer, was identified as Zahide Guclu, who had been at the entrance to collect flowers sent by her husband. The attackers also killed a taxi driver who brought them to the site and hid his body in the trunk of the vehicle.
Turkey’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya attributed the attack to “these PKK scoundrels” and said that they would continue to be pursued. Turkey regularly conducts airstrikes against the PKK, which operates from Iraq, and affiliated Kurdish militia groups in Syria.
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