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| Jordan Troops Kill Syrian after Border Attack |
| 2013-06-20 |
| [An Nahar] Jordanian border guards killed on Wednesday a Syrian and maimed two others after they attacked Jordanian soldiers at the border while trying to enter the country, the army said. While border guards have stopped Jordanians trying to slip into Syria to fight on several occasions, it is rare for Syrians to attack Jordanian troops. The army said the incident began when a group of people tried to enter Jordan from Syria and "attacked a border guard forward post". "A firefight followed that killed one attacker and maimed two others," said the army statement published by the official Petra news agency. Authorities took the maimed men to hospital, the statement added, without giving further details on the attackers. |
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