Attack kills 5 Jordan intelligence officers near Amman
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Jordanian security vehicles seen near the General Intelligence directorate offices near Baqa'a refugee Camp, north of Amman, Jordan, June 6, 2016
At least five Jordanian intelligence officers have lost their lives in a deadly attack outside a Palestinian refugee camp close to the Jordanian capital, Amman, a government spokesman says.
Mohammad al-Momani said on Monday that the assault, which targeted a security office near Baqa'a refugee camp on the outskirts of Amman, was a "terrorist attack."
"The intelligence agency office in the Baqa'a camp was the target of a cowardly attack shortly before 7:00 am (0400 GMT) today that left five agents dead," the spokesman said, adding that law enforcement agencies have launched a probe into the attack.
Meanwhile, a security source said preliminary findings suggest that the attack was carried out by a lone gunman who opened fire before escaping. It is still unclear whether the gunman was a camp resident or an outsider.
The Baqa'a camp, which hosts around 100,000 of Jordan's two million Palestinian refugees, is the largest of the kingdom's 10 official Palestinian refugee camps.
Back in 2010, three Jordanian terrorists were sentenced to prison terms of between three years and life for plotting to kill intelligence officers in the same camp.
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