Story highlights
- One police officer dead, 13 people injured
- Explosion caused by a car bomb, governor says
- Turkey has been hit by a series of attacks claimed by ISIS or Kurdish militants
The explosion hit Sunday near the station in the city of Gaziantep, according to Anadolu news agency.
Gaziantep Gov. Ali Yerlikaya said a car bomb caused the explosion, according to the news agency. The injured included nine police officers and four civilians.
Footage from CNN Turk showed ambulances at the scene, as authorities secured the site of the blast.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
String of terror attacks
Turkey has been roiled by a series of deadly attacks over the past year, claimed by ISIS or Kurdish militants.
And last month, ISIS claimed responsibility for shooting a Syrian religious leader and TV personality in Gaziantep, which is near the border with Syria.
Other attacks so far this year include a bombing in January in Istanbul that killed at least 10 people, a car bomb in Ankara that killed at least 28 in February, a March 13 bombing in Ankara that killed 34, a March 19 suicide bombing in Istanbul in which at least four were killed and a March 31 car bombing in Diyarbakir that killed seven police officers.
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