The Public Security Directorate reported that an assailant assaulted an officer with a sharp object and attempted to seize his weapon in Amman on Thursday. A second officer intervened to stop the assault, resulting in injuries to both the responder and the suspect. Authorities arrested the attacker at the scene, and preliminary investigations confirmed he intentionally targeted the security personnel. Both the wounded officer and the detained suspect were transported to a hospital as the formal investigation got underway.
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Jordan's Public Security Directorate has officially classified the fatal stabbing as a pr…: Jordan's Public Security Directorate has officially classified the fatal stabbing as a preplanned terrorist operation.
Authorities have taken the suspect into custody following an immediate intervention by an…: Authorities have taken the suspect into custody following an immediate intervention by another law enforcement officer on the scene.
Officials have not yet determined whether this stabbing is linked to an earlier attack th…: Officials have not yet determined whether this stabbing is linked to an earlier attack that killed nine people at a church funeral.
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Security officer killed in stabbing attack in Jordan’s capital
State media reports that the assailant and a second security officer sustained injuries.
One person has been killed and another wounded in a stabbing attack in Jordan’s capital, Amman.
Jordan’s Public Security Directorate said that a member of its forces was assaulted with a sharp object and died “in a cowardly terrorist attack” on Thursday.
Jordan’s state-run Al-Mamlaka TV reported that the assailant attempted to seize the weapon of the security officer who was killed.
A second security officer intervened to stop him, and both the assailant and the second security officer sustained injuries, Al-Mamlaka added.
It said that the attacker had been arrested.
The Public Security Directorate said a preliminary investigation indicated the attacker had been “planning to commit the terrorist act against the officers of the General Security Directorate”.
Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Amman reported that after the attack, the injured security officer was transported to hospital with the injured assailant, while authorities began investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.
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