Security officer killed in stabbing near Sri Lanka embassy in Jordan

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 5 Nov, 14:24 · Archive

A Jordanian security officer has been killed and another wounded in a stabbing attack near the Sri Lankan embassy in Amman. Jordan's Public Security Directorate says the suspect has been arrested.

Preliminary investigations indicate that the attacker had intended and planned to carry out a 'terrorist attack' against public security personnel, according to the directorate.

The stabbing comes less than two weeks after gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a church in Jordan's Karak governorate on 23 October, killing nine people and wounding 40 in a rare attack on the country's Christian minority. It is not yet clear whether the two attacks are connected. King Abdullah said on Monday that terrorists would not be allowed to threaten the country's unity and security, and the earlier church attack prompted Jordanian strikes in Syria.

How it is being reported

• Jordan security officer killed near Sri Lanka embassyAn assailant has attacked and killed a security officer near the Sri Lankan embassy in Amman in what Jordanian authorities describe as a terrorist act.Perth Now · 5 Nov, 13:46
• Jordan security officer killed near Sri Lanka embassyAn assailant has attacked and killed a security officer near the Sri Lankan embassy in Amman in what Jordanian authorities describe as a terrorist act.The West Australian · 5 Nov, 13:46

In this story: Jordan · Amman · Sri Lanka · King Abdullah · Karak · Syria

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