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Two Americans have been killed and two others reportedly injured after a Jordanian opened fire at military training camp on the outskirts of Amman. Two Americans and a South African in Jordan have been killedin a shooting at a US-backed training centre for security officers from across the Middle East.
The two Americans were killed when a Jordanian police officer went on a shooting spree at the King Abdullah training facility in Muaqar on the eastern outskirts of Jordan’s capital. The deaths occurred at King Abdullah police training facility in Muwuaqqar on the outskirts of Amman and involved a Jordanian police officer, described as the shooter, who also died during the incident.
The shooting occurred on the 10th anniversary of a series of three coordinated attacks targeting three hotels in Amman undertaken by al-Qaida in Iraq. Four other trainers - two Americans and two Jordanians - were also injured in the shooting, according to a government spokesman.
The facility is a regional centre used by the US to train security forces including Palestinians and Iraqis. Although initial details were confused the deaths took place on the 10th anniversary of a series of co-ordinated attacks by al-Qaida in Iraq and seemed to bear a similarity to similar incidents in Afghanistan where guns were turned on US trainers.
According to initial reports the two dead Americanswere providing security at the facility. No further information was available and neither the US embassy or Jordanian government was yet available for comment. First reports in the Jordanian media gave contradictory accounts with some reporting that the incident may have been “accidental” while others suggested an exchange of fire between the Americans and the Jordanian officer.
Early details of the shooting remained sketchy with sources in Amman saying that either two or three Americans had been injured in addition to the two dead and with some identifying them as private military contractors. A Jordanian government spokesman, Mohammed Momani, confirmed the deaths of the Americans and South Africans and said one of the two wounded Americans was in a serious condition.
According to an official quoted by the Jordan Times the shooter was shot and killed and did not commit suicide. Jordanian police officers shot and killed the shooter, according to Momani
“It is yet not known whether the shooting was because of a dispute between the policeman and the contractors,” a government source told the pro-government daily. Jordanian government-run newspaper al-Rai daily identified the gunman as a veteran Jordanian police officer, who served as a captain in the Jordanian criminal investigation department before being transferred to the training academy.
The daily Jordan Times quoted an official describing the gunman as “an attacker”.
“It is yet not known whether the shooting was because of a dispute between the policeman and the contractors,” said the source.