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AMMAN, Aug 28 (KUNA) -- Some 26 Jordanian security personnel were injured
on Tuesday when chaos erupted in a refugee camp for displaced Syrians.
Around 200 Syrians were protesting what they claimed were low standards at
Zaatari camp, and attacked the camp's coordinators and security personnel with
stones during a meeting with them, Jordan's state news agency quoted the
authorities as saying.
Jordanian security forces immediately intervened with "appropriate force
and tear gas" to put a stop to the protest which turned into a state of chaos
and anarchy.
"Those responsible for the violence will be dealt with according to the law,
" said Jordanian authorities, adding that order has been restored in the camp.
Jordan's Zaatari camp - the sole camp which accommodates Syrians in the
country - provides shelter for around 20,000 refugees, who fled the violence
in their neighbouring home country. (end)
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