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Ammon News - From Majed al Dabbas

AMMONNEWs - Several missile shells reportedly fired from inside the Syrian territories fell nearby schools located in small Jordanian towns near the Syrian-Jordanian border, leading the local Education Department of the Northern Badia to suspend classes on Monday.

Schools were evacuated on Monday in the northern Badia towns of Kom al-Ahmar, al-Hisan, and al-Qate' in Mafraq governorate after its windows glass shattered as a result of the impact of the shelling on the border region with Syria.

Head of the Education Department in the Northern Badia Amin Shdeifat told Ammon News that an errant missile fell inside the yard of the Um al-Sarb school, prompting the Municipality mayor Ali Al-Shaa' and local officials to shut down the school, evacuate the students, and arrived to inspect the damage.

Medical sources confirmed to Ammon News that no students or residents of the border towns were injured after several missile shells fell inside Jordanian border territory.

Local residents reported a chaotic scene as parents rushed to the schools to pick up their kids after hearing the impact of the shelling.

Several residents called on the Jordanian government to take swift measures to secure the safety of their families and children in schools, noting that the situation has escalated with increased nearby shelling in the border region that has not ceased since the crisis unfolded in neighboring Syria over two years ago.

Errant missile shells launched by the Syrian Army have landed inside Jordanian territories several times in the past year, landing in the town of Turra near the Jordanian northern border city of Ramtha.



Eye-witnesses in the town said that shells fall occasionally inside Jordanian towns during clashes between the Syrian army and opposition forces in the border regions.



Residents report that they frequently hear the sounds of shelling on the border, which often cause nearby homes to shake and its glass to break.




Military sources stressed that conditions in the border region with Syria, which stretches over 375 kilometers, are under control, noting that the incident was not "intentional."




Several missiles had landed previously in Turra, about 90 kilometers northwest of Amman, as a result of clashes in the Syrian border town of Daraa between the Syrian regime army and the Free Syrian Army.





Last September, five rocket shells struck near inhabited areas in Ramtha, and about 9 more shells hit areas nearby the borders. One child was injured in the incident that caused major havoc and fear among border-area residents.