Ismail Demir, head of the Republic’s Defense Industry Directorate, said the explosion occurred on Tuesday at the Roketsan plant, which is Turkey’s largest arms manufacturer, EDNews reports citing Bulgarian Military News.
“According to preliminary data, no one died in the explosion at the (enterprise – Ed.) Roketsan,” Demir wrote on his Twitter page, reports TASS.
However, it became known that three people were injured in the explosion.
As the Hurriyet newspaper in turn informed, the explosion occurred at a factory located in Elmadag County in Ankara Province. According to the agency Demiroren, at least three people were injured as a result of the emergency.
Roketsan Roket Sanayii ve Ticaret A.S. is a major Turkish weapons manufacturer and defense contractor based in the central Anatolian province of Ankara.