Kurdish rebels claim deadly Ankara attack

Turkish police officers secure part of a main road in Kahramankazan, some 40 kilometers north of Ankara on Oct. 23, 2024, in the vicinity of the Turkish Aerospace Industries building after a huge explosion outside its headquarters. (AFP)
  • ‘The act of sacrifice at TAI campus in Ankara at around 15:30 local time on Wednesday was carried out by a team of the immortals battalion’

ISTANBUL: The outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Friday claimed a deadly attack on a state-run Turkish defense firm in the capital Ankara.
“The act of sacrifice at TAI campus in Ankara at around 15:30 local time on Wednesday was carried out by a team of the immortals battalion” of the PKK, it said on Telegram, referring to Turkish Aerospace Industries.