A car bomb explosion has left at least 7 dead and 40 wounded in Gaziantep, Turkey, its mayor said on state television, according to a Fox News team staying in the city.

Eyewitnesses say a man was seen running away from a parked car outside a police station minutes before the blast.

The car bomb was remote-controlled, Gaziantep's Gov. Erdal Ata told Turkey's Dogan News Agency, according to Reuters.

Police officers were among the wounded, the agency reported.