Suicide bomber kills 3, wounds 20 at Syrian refugee camp
A truck with explosives was driven into a security outpost at the Rukban refugee camp on the Syria-Jordan border.
People gather to take basic food stuffs and other aid from community leaders charged with distributing equitably the supplies to the Rukban refugee camp on the Syria-Jordan border.
A suicide bomber believed to be from Daesh killed three people and injured at least 20 others in an attack on Sunday at a refugee camp in Syria near the border with Jordan, a rebel official said.
The attack targeted an outpost manned by the Jaish al-Ashair rebel group at the Rukban refugee camp, said Said Saif, spokesman for the Forces of Martyrs Ahmed al-Abdo Brigades, a Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebel faction fighting Daesh
This is not the first attack on the #Rukban #refugeecamp. #IsisTarget
— Rana Sweis (@ranasweis) October 16, 2016
Jaish al-Ashair is one of the groups that polices the camp.
The blast, triggered when a bomber rammed an explosive-laden truck into the post, targeted one of its positions about 400 metres from a medical station, Saif said.
A large explosion has been reported at al-Rukban Syrian refugee camp in Jordan, possibly a car bomb
— Hassan Ridha (@sayed_ridha) October 16, 2016
Rukban is home to more than 75,000 people, among the millions of Syrians who have fled their homes during the country's five-year civil war that has killed hundreds of thousands of others.
During a similar attack in July, six Jordanian border guards were killed by a suicide bomber who drove his car at speed across the border and into a military post near Rukban, which is located in a desert area near where Daesh is present
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