Car bomb kills six Jordan soldiers on Syria border

A car bomb outside a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan killed six soldiers on Tuesday in a remote desert area where hundreds have been held for screening for suspected jihadist links. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Jordan is part of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS) group in neighbouring Syria and Iraq, and has been targeted by jihadists before. The army said the bombing killed four border guards, one member of the security services and one member of the civil defence.
Fourteen soldiers were wounded in the attack, a security official told AFP, adding that the number of dead might rise. The army said the bomb struck at 5:30 am (0230 GMT) in Rukban, on the Syrian border in the far north-east of the kingdom. The military said it had destroyed several "enemy" vehicles at the border, without elaborating. A security source said the vehicle used in the attack had crossed over from Syria and was moving at the time of the explosion, which suggests it was a suicide bombing.