Gunman shot dead, 3 police injured in shooting near Israeli embassy in Jordan

The gunman, who turned into carrying an computerized weapon, turned into chased for no longer lower than an hour sooner than he turned into cornered and killed upright sooner than morning time

Reuters

24 November, 2024, 04:40 pm

Final modified: 24 November, 2024, 04:41 pm

A gunman turned into dull and three Jordanian policemen injured after a shooting shut to the heavily fortified Israeli embassy in the capital Amman in Sunday’s (24 November) early hours, a security source and inform media mentioned.

Police shot a gunman who had fired at a police patrol in the prosperous Rabiah neighbourhood of the Jordanian capital, the inform news company Petra reported, citing public security, including investigations had been ongoing.

The gunman, who turned into carrying an computerized weapon, turned into chased for no longer lower than an hour sooner than he turned into cornered and killed upright sooner than morning time, per a security source.

Jordan’s communications minister, Mohamed Momani, described the shooting as a terrorist assault that centered public security forces in the country. He mentioned in a assertion that investigations into the incident had been below methodology.

“Tampering with the safety of the nation and attacking security personnel will be met with an organization response,” Momani told Reuters, including that the gunman had a criminal document in drug trafficking.

Jordanian police cordoned off an dwelling shut to the heavily policed embassy after gunshots had been heard, witnesses mentioned. Two witnesses mentioned police and ambulances rushed to the Rabiah district, where the embassy is positioned.

The dwelling is a flashpoint for frequent demonstrations against Israel. The kingdom has been the scene of among the biggest aloof protests across the Center East over Israel’s war against Palestinian Islamist crew Hamasin Gaza.

Many of Jordan’s 12 million residents are of Palestinian beginning, they or their of us having been expelled or fled to Jordan in the combating that accompanied the creation of Israel in 1948. Many relish family ties on the Israeli aspect of the Jordan River.

Jordan’s 1994 peace treaty with Israel is unpopular amongst many voters who regard the normalisation of kinfolk as betraying the rights of their Palestinian compatriots.