( CNN ) -- Eight people were killed in a bombing in the Turkish city of Gaziantep , an official in the Interior Ministry said Monday . A spokesman for the Gaziantep governorship said 66 people were wounded in the blast . Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin is planning to visit Gaziantep , a major industrial hub in southeastern Turkey , on Tuesday , said the Interior Ministry official , who is not authorized to speak with the media . Also Monday , the district headquarters of the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party was set on fire , parliamentarian Nursel Aydogan said . It is rare to hear of an attack this deadly in Gaziantap , which is outside of the usual area of operations for the Kurdistan Workers ' Party , or PKK . Turkey , the United States and the European Union have formally labeled the PKK a terrorist organization . There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack .
The bombing occurred in a city in southeastern Turkey . The area is not usually known as site of terrorist attacks . Comment: