Blast in Jordan border camp kills 4

A blast has killed four people at a makeshift refugee camp in Jordan near the Syrian border, a military-lined news website says.

An explosion has occurred in the market area of a makeshift camp on the border with Syria, killing four people and wounding several others, a news website linked to Jordan's military says.

The Hala Akhbar site says the blast went off on Thursday evening in the Rukban camp that houses about 80,000 displaced Syrians. The site says clashes erupted between armed groups and that shots were heard.

A local Jordanian news website, Al-Medina, says the explosion was set off by a car bomb.

Rukban has been the scene of several explosions and attacks in the past.

Jordanian authorities say the camp population includes those fleeing Syria's civil war, but also supporters of the extremist group Islamic State.

Jordan sealed its border with Syria after a deadly cross-border attack near Rukban in June.


Share
1 min read

Published

Source: AAP


Share this with family and friends


Get SBS News daily and direct to your Inbox

Sign up now for the latest news from Australia and around the world direct to your inbox.

By subscribing, you agree to SBS’s terms of service and privacy policy including receiving email updates from SBS.

Download our apps
SBS News
SBS Audio
SBS On Demand

Listen to our podcasts
An overview of the day's top stories from SBS News
Interviews and feature reports from SBS News
Your daily ten minute finance and business news wrap with SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves.
A daily five minute news wrap for English learners and people with disability
Get the latest with our News podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.

Watch on SBS
SBS World News

SBS World News

Take a global view with Australia's most comprehensive world news service
Watch the latest news videos from Australia and across the world