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Two Americans 'shot dead at Jordan police training centre' Jordan shooting: Two Americans 'killed at police training centre'
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Two US military personnel have been killed in a gun attack at a police training centre outside Jordan's capital, Amman, security sources say. Two US military personnel are reported to have been killed in a gun attack at a police training centre outside Jordan's capital, Amman.
A security source told the Reuters news agency the assailant was a Jordanian police officer and that he killed himself after targeting the Americans. Security sources said the assailant was a Jordanian police officer and that he had killed himself after shooting the American instructors.
It is not yet clear what prompted his action. One source told the AFP news agency that two other Americans were wounded.
The US-funded facility in Muwaqqar, on Amman's eastern outskirts, is used to train Iraqi and Palestinian officers. The US-funded Jordan International Police Training Centre (JIPTC) hosts Palestinian and Iraqi officers.
US soldiers and contractors are sent to the facility in Muwaqqar, on Amman's eastern outskirts, to assist Jordanian trainers.