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Jordan attack: Canadian among five dead in Karak shooting | |
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A Canadian tourist and four police officers have been killed in gun attacks in and near the Jordanian city of Karak, officials say. | |
Unidentified gunmen are reported to have taken refuge in an ancient castle in the city where several other tourists are said to be trapped. | |
Jordan's Public Security Directorate said the gunmen first attacked a police patrol near Karak and then fled by car into the city. | |
Nine other people have been wounded. | |
No group has admitted carrying out the attacks. | |
Security sources said the gunmen were holed up in Karak's Crusader-era castle and police reinforcements had been sent to the scene. | |
Jordan is a close ally of the US and a member of the US-led coalition fighting the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in Syria and Iraq. | Jordan is a close ally of the US and a member of the US-led coalition fighting the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in Syria and Iraq. |
US forces have trained a small group of Syrian rebels in Jordan as well as Iraqi and Palestinian security forces. | US forces have trained a small group of Syrian rebels in Jordan as well as Iraqi and Palestinian security forces. |