Latest Turkish attack: Türkiye strikes Kurdish militant targets in Iraq and Syria after five killed in Ankara attack

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What happened today?

This afternoon, gunmen opened fire with an explosion at the building of a Turkish defense company on the outskirts of the capital Ankara.

According to authorities, 5 people were confirmed dead and 22 people were injured.

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According to Turkey’s state news agency, the names and professions of the five people killed are as follows:

Quality control officer Cengiz Coşkun;
Mechanical engineer Zahide Güçlü;
Employee Hasan Hüseyin Canbaz;
Security personnel Atakan Şahin Erdoğan;
Taxi driver Murat Arslan.

In addition to the five killed, two of the attackers (apparently a man and a woman) were “neutralized” by police, according to ministers, but it is unclear whether anyone else was involved.

No group claimed responsibility, but senior Turkish ministers suggested the Kurdish militant group PKK was “most likely” behind the attack.

In retaliation, Turkish jets hit numerous targets it said were operated by the PKK in Northern Syria and Northern Iraq, resulting in “large numbers” of militants being killed.

The full extent of the strikes is not yet clear.