PKK claims responsibility for TUSAS attack in Turkey’s capital
The Kurdish militant group said the attack was to send a message to Turkey about its conduct toward it.
ANKARA — The outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on Friday claimed responsibility for the deadly attack on a Turkish defense industry complex in Ankara earlier this week, killing five.
The PKK has been waging an armed campaign for Kurdish self-rule inside Turkey since 1984 and is considered a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union. Two armed assailants attacked TUSAS, Turkey's state-run aerospace and defense company, killing five people and wounding 22 on Wednesday. The two died in the attack.
The PKK statement posted on the group's affiliated Firat News Agency website said the attack had been carried out as an “act of self-sacrifice” to send “a warning and a message” about Turkey’s practices in its fight against the PKK.
“It is known that the weapons produced by TUSAS have killed thousands of our civilians,” the statement claimed.
