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.
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