Jordan: 6 troops killed and 14 injured in car bomb attack on Syria border
Six Jordanian troops were killed and 14 others injured Tuesday when a booby-trapped car struck a forward military post at the no man’s land at the borders between Syria and Jordan, the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army said Tuesday.
A car bomb struck the military post dedicated for serving and helping Syrian refugees at the area struck at 5:30am local time, the army said in a statement on its official Facebook page.
Four border guard members, a member of the Civil Defence Department and another from the Public Security Department were killed in the terrorist attack, the army said Tuesday.
Of the total 14 who were injured, 9 are members of the Public Security Department, the army said.