PKK claims attack on Turkish defence company near Ankara that killed five
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Defence Ministry says it hit 34 targets of the outlawed group in north Iraq as Turkey arrests 176 suspects over assault.
The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Turkish state-run defence company near the capital, Ankara, that killed five people and wounded 22.
The “act of sacrifice” in Ankara “was carried out by a team of the immortals battalion” of the PKK, the group said on the Telegram messaging app on Friday.
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) was attacked on Wednesday with fighters setting off explosives and opening fire using automatic rifles at the campus of the company that designs and manufactures civilian and military aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other defence industry and space systems.
On Friday, Turkey’s Ministry of National Defence said it carried out air strikes for the second night in a row in northern Iraq, hitting 34 PKK targets in Hakurk, Gara, Qandil and Sinjar, destroying shelters, warehouses and other facilities.
The overnight strikes followed a security meeting that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan chaired with key ministers and chiefs of the armed forces and intelligence agency in Istanbul.
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