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Jordanian troops killed in bomb attack at Syria border
Source: BBC
Six Jordanian security personnel have been killed and 14 hurt in a car bomb attack near a makeshift refugee camp on the Syria-Jordan border, officials say.
The attack took place at about 05:30 (02:30 GMT) in the remote Rukban area, a few hundred metres from the camp.
A number of other vehicles involved in the attack were destroyed.
It is not yet clear who carried out the attack, but the jihadist group Islamic State (IS) has threatened in the past to "break down" Jordan's borders.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-36584885
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Car bomb attack on Jordan border troops kills 6, wounds 14
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A pick-up truck rigged with explosives blew up near a Jordanian army post on the sealed border with war-ravaged Syria on Tuesday, killing six members of Jordan's security forces and wounding 14, the military and a witness said.
It was the deadliest attack along the tense border in recent memory and raised new concerns about the pro-Western kingdom's vulnerability to spillover from long-running conflicts next door.
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The military said Tuesday's explosion went off at 5:30 a.m. near an encampment for tens of thousands of Syrian refugees who are stranded in a remote area on the border and await entry into Jordan. The attack targeted a military post serving Syrian refugees in an area known as Ruqban, the amy said.
A Ruqban resident said that sometime after 5 a.m., he saw a pickup truck speeding toward a Jordanian border gate and crashing through it. Seconds later, a blast went off, followed by the sound of shooting, said the resident who spoke to The Associated Press over the phone from the Ruqban area. He spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions from the authorities.
http://bigstory.ap.org/35c4d40b54b04438a90cb47a24181f9b
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A pick-up truck rigged with explosives blew up near a Jordanian army post on the sealed border with war-ravaged Syria on Tuesday, killing six members of Jordan's security forces and wounding 14, the military and a witness said.
It was the deadliest attack along the tense border in recent memory and raised new concerns about the pro-Western kingdom's vulnerability to spillover from long-running conflicts next door.
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The military said Tuesday's explosion went off at 5:30 a.m. near an encampment for tens of thousands of Syrian refugees who are stranded in a remote area on the border and await entry into Jordan. The attack targeted a military post serving Syrian refugees in an area known as Ruqban, the amy said.
A Ruqban resident said that sometime after 5 a.m., he saw a pickup truck speeding toward a Jordanian border gate and crashing through it. Seconds later, a blast went off, followed by the sound of shooting, said the resident who spoke to The Associated Press over the phone from the Ruqban area. He spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions from the authorities.
http://bigstory.ap.org/35c4d40b54b04438a90cb47a24181f9b
