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At least one person killed in shooting near Israel embassy in Jordan Man killed in shooting near Israeli embassy in Jordan
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One Jordanian was killed and two others were wounded, including an Israeli, in a shooting incident on Sunday in a building within the Israeli embassy complex in Jordan’s capital Amman, a police statement said. A Jordanian was killed and two people – a Jordanian and an Israeli – were wounded in a shooting incident on Sunday in a building inside the Israeli embassy complex in Jordan’s capital Amman, police said.
Police said said two Jordanian men working for a furniture firm had entered the embassy before the shooting. The dead Jordanian was killed by a gunshot, while the two wounded people were taken to hospital, the statement said. The two Jordanians, working for a furniture firm, had entered the embassy compound before the shooting, the police said, adding that the dead man was killed by a gunshot and the two wounded men had been rushed to hospital. Israel made no public comment.
Earlier, the Hala Akhbar website linked to the Jordanian military reported that an Israeli and a Jordanian were wounded, adding that the incident involved a stabbing and a shooting. Violence against Israelis is rare in Jordan, a tightly policed country that is a staunch regional ally of the United States. But tensions have escalated between the two countries since Israel installed metal detectors at entry points to Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem after two Israeli policemen were shot dead by three Arab-Israeli gunmen on 14th July near the site.
Jordan, which signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994, has seen an outpouring of public anger against Israel. Jordanian officials have called on Israel to remove metal detectors outside the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, whose installation has triggered the bloodiest clashes with the Palestinians in years. The new security measures have triggered the bloodiest spate of Isreli-Palestinian violence for years. Jordan has called for the removal of the metal detectors and thousands of Jordanians have protested against the Israeli move.
Several thousand Jordanians demonstrated on Friday against Israel in Amman and in cities and refugee camps across the kingdom. The Jordanian police said they had sealed the heavily protected embassy, which is in an affluent part of the capital, and deployed dozens of anti-terrorism forces. Initial checks suggested the two Jordanian men had entered the embassy compound as workmen, they said.
Many of Jordan’s 7 million citizens are of Palestinian origin, they or their parents having been expelled or fled to Jordan in the fighting that accompanied the creation of Israel in 1948. Many of Jordan’s 7 million citizens are of Palestinian origin. They or their parents or grandparents were expelled or fled to Jordan in the fighting that accompanied the creation of Israel in 1948. Israel has in the past given repeated assurances that it understands Jordan’s concerns and does not seek to alter the status quo in the Muslim holy sites of Jerusalem.
King Abdullah’s Hashemite monarchy has been custodian of the sites since 1924, paying for their upkeep and deriving part of its legitimacy from the role.