Security officer killed in stabbing attack in Jordan’s capital
Assailant stabbed a corporal outside the Sri Lankan embassy in Amman, killing him and injuring another officer.
Jordan’s Public Security Directorate said that a member of its forces was assaulted with a sharp object and died “in a cowardly terrorist attack” on Thursday.
Jordan’s state-run Al-Mamlaka TV reported that the assailant attempted to seize the weapon of the security officer who was killed.
A second security officer intervened to stop him, and both the assailant and the second security officer sustained injuries, Al-Mamlaka added.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Amman reported that after the attack, the injured security officer was transported to hospital with the injured assailant, while authorities began investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.