Jordan’s government spokesman says “terrorists” have attacked a local intelligence office near the capital of Amman, killing five employees.
Such attacks are rare in pro-Western Jordan, a key member of the U.S.-led military coalition against Islamic State extremists in neighboring Syria and Iraq.
Mohammed Momani, the government spokesman, says the attack took place before 7 a.m. on Monday, the first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in the Palestinian refugee camp of Baqaa.
Momani says the assailants, whom he described as terrorists, killed three guards, a handyman and a receptionist, but didn’t clarify how they carried out the attack.
