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| Two Americans and South African killed at police training centre in Jordan | Two Americans and South African killed at police training centre in Jordan |
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| Two Americans and a South African in Jordan have been killed in a shooting at a US-backed training centre for security officers from across the Middle East. | Two Americans and a South African in Jordan have been killed in a shooting at a US-backed training centre for security officers from across the Middle East. |
| 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 dead were contractors working for the Jordanian public security department. | 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 dead were contractors working for the Jordanian public security department. |
| Six other trainers – two Americans and two Jordanians – were injured in the shooting, one critically, according to a government spokesman. | Six other trainers – two Americans and two Jordanians – were injured in the shooting, one critically, according to a government spokesman. |
| The US embassy confirmed in a statement on Monday that the incident occurred at the Jordan International Police Training Center in south-east Amman, refusing to provide details. In the statement, the US embassy urged US citizens to avoid travelling to the area “for the time being”. | |
| Jordanian authorities have used the Jordan International Police Training Center to provide training to thousands of security services from across the Arab world, having trained over 68,000 Iraqi, 10,000 Palestinian and several thousand Libyan police forces over the past seven years. | Jordanian authorities have used the Jordan International Police Training Center to provide training to thousands of security services from across the Arab world, having trained over 68,000 Iraqi, 10,000 Palestinian and several thousand Libyan police forces over the past seven years. |
| The incident took place on the 10th anniversary of a series of coordinated attacks by al-Qaida in Iraq, and seemed to bear a similarity to incidents in Afghanistan in which guns were turned on US trainers. | |
| Initial reports in the Jordanian media gave contradictory accounts, with some suggesting that the shooting may have been “accidental” and others reporting an exchange of fire between the Americans and the Jordanian officer. | Initial reports in the Jordanian media gave contradictory accounts, with some suggesting that the shooting may have been “accidental” and others reporting an exchange of fire between the Americans and the Jordanian officer. |
| A Jordanian government spokesman, Mohammed Momani, confirmed the deaths of the Americans and South African and said one of the two wounded Americans was in a serious condition. He said Jordanian police officers had shot and killed the shooter. | |
| The government-run al-Rai newspaper identified the gunman as Anwar Bani Abdu, nicknamed “Anwar Abu Zeid”, a veteran police officer who had served as a captain in the criminal investigation department before being transferred to the training academy. | The government-run al-Rai newspaper identified the gunman as Anwar Bani Abdu, nicknamed “Anwar Abu Zeid”, a veteran police officer who had served as a captain in the criminal investigation department before being transferred to the training academy. |
| The daily Jordan Times quoted an official as saying: “It is yet not known whether the shooting was because of a dispute between the policeman and the contractors.” | The daily Jordan Times quoted an official as saying: “It is yet not known whether the shooting was because of a dispute between the policeman and the contractors.” |