The death toll in the terrorist attack in Ankara has increased to five, 22 people were injured

    The number of victims of the attack on the TUSAS aerospace company facility in Ankara has increased to 5 people. Another 22 were injured, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said, Haberturk reports.

    "The death toll in the terrorist attack has increased to five, the total number of injured is 22 people, three of them have been discharged from the hospital," the minister said on air.

    According to him, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which is banned in the country, is most likely connected with the attack.

    The Interior Minister said that data on the identities of terrorists and their affiliation to any organization will be made public after the identification work is completed.

    On the evening of October 23, two explosions occurred at the entrance to the headquarters of TUSAS, which is engaged in the design and modernization of aviation, and shooting began. Two militants, a man and a woman, took part in the attack. They are both eliminated.

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Kazan for the BRICS summit. Commenting on the terrorist attack, Erdogan said that the attack was directed against "completely independent Turkey", Ankara will continue to fight terrorist threats, centralasia.media reports.