A Jordanian security officer was killed and another wounded in a stabbing attack in Amman on November 5, state news agency Petra reported, adding that the suspect was arrested. Security authorities cited by Petra described the incident as a terrorist attack and said preliminary investigations indicated the attacker had planned to target security personnel.
The killing of a Jordanian security officer in Amman follows the October 23 church attack in Karak that killed nine people and prompted Jordanian strikes in Syria, a sequence that puts Jordan's security forces and its role in regional operations in focus.
A Jordanian security officer was killed and another was wounded in a stabbing attack in Amman on November 5, state news agency Petra reported. Petra said the suspect had been arrested.
Citing security authorities, Petra described the incident as a "terrorist attack" and said preliminary investigations indicated the attacker had planned to target security personnel.
Gulf News reported that the Public Security Directorate said the officer was attacked with a sharp weapon on Medina Street, one of Amman's main thoroughfares, and that the suspect was arrested after the attack. The officer's identity and further details of the circumstances were not immediately available, and authorities had not disclosed the suspect's identity or a motive, Gulf News reported.
The stabbing came less than two weeks after gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a church in Jordan's Karak governorate on October 23, killing nine people and wounding 40 in a rare attack on the country's Christian minority. It was not immediately clear whether the stabbing was related to the church attack.
Jordan's King Abdullah said on Monday that terrorists would not be allowed to threaten the country's unity and security, after the deadly church attack prompted Jordanian strikes in Syria.
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