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Five dead and nineteen injured in the terrorist attack on a military factory in Turkey
The Turkish government said that “with great probability” the attack on a military aeronautical factory in Ankara that caused five deaths and 19 injuries this Wednesday was the work of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
“We are still working on identifying terrorists and their fingerprints. As soon as we have results, we will announce which organization was behind the attack,” Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya told the press in Ankara.
“But when evaluating the images we believe that it is very likely the PKK,” he added in reference to the two young people, a man and a woman, armed with assault rifles that were shot in the attack.
Shortly before, the Turkish Minister of Defense, Yasar Güler, had already attributed the attack to the PKK.
Yerlikaya stressed, however, that the responsibility of the guerrillas is not yet firmly established and that the results of the identification of the assailants must be awaited.
The attack began at 13.25 GMT on Wednesday, when at least two people arrived in a taxi at the door of the Tusas factory, on the northern outskirts of Ankara.
In the assault, five people were killed, in addition to the two assailants, and 19 were injured, two of them seriously injured.
According to NTV, the dead are a security guard and two technicians, while a quarter would be the driver of the taxi with which the assailants arrived at the factory, information not yet officially corroborated.
Explosions and shootings
Today explosions and shootings were recorded at the entrance of the TUSAŞ company’s factory in Ankara, which is dedicated to the manufacture of military aircraft, helicopters and military aeronautical equipment.
A large number of police officers, in addition to firefighters and ambulances, went to the place and, according to the NTV broadcaster, the shootings continue inside the factory.
That media indicates that the factory workers are going to shelters and there is talk of the possibility that some have been taken hostage.
The attackers arrived in a taxi to the factory
The CNNTürk network assures that the attackers arrived in a taxi at the factory and that at least one exploded at the door while others managed to access the enclosure.
Authorities have sent special units by helicopter to the place, local media said.
TUSAŞ develops and manufactures some of the most prestigious military aircraft of the Turkish weapons program, such as the Kaan fighter-bomber, still in project, the Hürjet training plane or the Hürkus small aircraft.
International
Thirteen cuban military members missing after explosion at arms warehouse
Thirteen members of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) have been reported “missing” following an explosion at an arms and ammunition warehouse in the eastern part of the island, the military institution announced.
“As a result of the explosions at an arms and ammunition warehouse in the Melones community… in the province of Holguín, 730 km east of Havana,” two officers, two non-commissioned officers, and nine soldiers are reported as “missing,” according to a statement from the Ministry of the Armed Forces released by Cuban state television.
The statement specified that “investigations are still ongoing at the site,” which led to the evacuation of more than 1,200 residents from areas near the warehouse of a military unit where “aged ammunition was being classified.”
Neither the official press nor Cuban state television have provided images of the explosions at the military unit, but independent media outlets published photos online showing a massive column of smoke and police officers deployed in the streets of the Melones community.
International
Trump considers declaring National Economic Emergency to justify universal tariffs
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump may be considering declaring a national economic emergency in order to justify implementing a package of universal tariffs on both allied and adversary countries, according to CNN.
The proclamation of these measures would grant the incoming U.S. president the freedom to create a new tariff program using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
This move would give the president the authority to manage imports during a national emergency.
According to the report, Trump has a penchant for this law as it provides broad jurisdiction on how tariffs are implemented without strict requirements to prove they are necessary for national security reasons.
International
Venezuelan opposition candidate Enrique Márquez detained ahead of Maduro’s inauguration
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Since Tuesday night, there has been a wave of reports of detentions, with at least a dozen arrests just over 48 hours before President Nicolás Maduro’s inauguration for a third six-year term, following a controversial reelection.
“We inform that yesterday, 07.01.25, Enrique Márquez was arbitrarily detained,” stated the Popular Democratic Front (FDP).
“He was kidnapped by paramilitary groups who, using force as their law, aim to silence and intimidate those of us who want a better country and have a different vision,” said his wife, Sonia Lugo de Márquez, on the leader’s X account.
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