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Jordan shooting: Two Americans 'killed at police training centre' Jordan policeman kills two Americans and South African at training centre
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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 Jordanian policeman has shot dead two American instructors and a South African at a police training centre outside Amman, officials say.
Security sources said the assailant was a Jordanian police officer and that he had killed himself after shooting the American instructors. Government spokesman Mohammad Momani said the assailant wounded two other Americans and four Jordanians, before being killed by his fellow officers.
One source told the AFP news agency that two other Americans were wounded. Jordanian security sources earlier said that the gunman had killed himself.
The US-funded Jordan International Police Training Centre (JIPTC) hosts Palestinian and Iraqi officers. The US-funded Jordan International Police Training Centre (JIPTC) hosts mainly Palestinian and Iraqi officers.
US soldiers and contractors are sent to the facility in Muwaqqar, on Amman's eastern outskirts, to assist Jordanian trainers. US contractors are sent to the facility in Muwaqqar, on the eastern outskirts of Amman, to assist Jordanian police trainers.
Mr Momani told the official Petra news agency that the shooting was a "crime" and said an investigation had been launched.
The US and South African embassies have so far not commented on the incident.