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Jordan Policeman Kills Four, Including Two U.S. Trainers
Assailant injured five others before being killed
AMMAN, Jordan—A Jordanian police officer opened fire at a training center in the capital on Monday, killing four people, including two Americans instructors, and injuring five others before being shot dead.
A South African was also killed in the shooting at the Jordan International Police Training Center in Amman while a Jordanian civilian contractor who was injured later died, according to government spokesman Mohammad Momani, cited by the official Petra news agency. Two other American trainers and three Jordanians were also injured.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, or any immediate link to a militant organization.
An investigation is under way, Mr. Momani said.
In Washington, State Department spokesman John Kirby said only that the U.S. had received reports about “a security incident” at the training center, without mentioning the reported deaths.
“We are in contact with the appropriate Jordanian authorities, who have offered their full support,” he said.
The U.S. Embassy in Amman said it was looking into the incident, and advised people to avoid the area for the time being and to await further developments.
Jordan is an important U.S. ally in the Middle East, and is a member of the U.S.-led coalition that has staged an air campaign against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq since last autumn.
The shootings coincide with the 10th anniversary of coordinated bombings on three hotels in Amman, carried out by al Qaeda in Iraq that killed 60 people and injured many more.
It was the deadliest attack claimed by the militant group’s leader, Jordanian national Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed in an airstrike in Iraq in 2006.
Mr. Momani, the government spokesman, had said the 2005 hotel bombings had strengthened Jordan’s resolve to fight what he termed terrorism, calling it a cancer that threatens society.
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Green Energy
WJS:
Jordan Policeman Kills Four, Including Two U.S. Trainers
Assailant injured five others before being killed
AMMAN, Jordan—A Jordanian police officer opened fire at a training center in the capital on Monday, killing four people, including two Americans instructors, and injuring five others before being shot dead.
A South African was also killed in the shooting at the Jordan International Police Training Center in Amman while a Jordanian civilian contractor who was injured later died, according to government spokesman Mohammad Momani, cited by the official Petra news agency. Two other American trainers and three Jordanians were also injured.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, or any immediate link to a militant organization.
An investigation is under way, Mr. Momani said.
In Washington, State Department spokesman John Kirby said only that the U.S. had received reports about “a security incident” at the training center, without mentioning the reported deaths.
“We are in contact with the appropriate Jordanian authorities, who have offered their full support,” he said.
The U.S. Embassy in Amman said it was looking into the incident, and advised people to avoid the area for the time being and to await further developments.
Jordan is an important U.S. ally in the Middle East, and is a member of the U.S.-led coalition that has staged an air campaign against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq since last autumn.
The shootings coincide with the 10th anniversary of coordinated bombings on three hotels in Amman, carried out by al Qaeda in Iraq that killed 60 people and injured many more.
It was the deadliest attack claimed by the militant group’s leader, Jordanian national Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed in an airstrike in Iraq in 2006.
Mr. Momani, the government spokesman, had said the 2005 hotel bombings had strengthened Jordan’s resolve to fight what he termed terrorism, calling it a cancer that threatens society.
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