Three Jordanian intelligence officers and two civilian employees have been killed in a terrorist attack on a security forces headquarters at a Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan.

According to Jordanian government officials, the attack took place at an office of the General Intelligence Department in Baqa’a, located on the outskirts of the capital Amman.

Jordanian television cited by Reuters news agency quoted a government spokesman as saying that the “terrorist attack” took place at 7 a.m., without providing any further details.

According to Al Arabiya news, security forces are currently chasing the attacker or attackers. It is not yet known if the attack was the work of a lone terrorist or a larger terror cell, or what group, if any, was behind it.

Updates to follow.

“Palestinian refugee camps” in Jordan are in fact built-up neighborhoods, which house the descendants of Palestinians who fled Israel during Arab invasions of the Jewish state. In Jordan, as in most other Arab countries, Palestinians are segregated from the rest of society in an attempt to preserve their “refugee” status as a political weapon, and often complain of discrimination.