Protests against the Israeli embassy have regularly taken place in recent years in the Rabieh neighborhood.
A man was shot dead at dawn on Sunday (November 24) after opening fire on security forces in the area of the Israeli embassy in the Jordanian capital Amman, and three members of the security services were injured, a indicated the official agency.
“The Directorate of Public Security announced that it encountered an incident of shooting on a patrol in the Rabieh area of the capital, Amman, at dawn on Sunday,” according to the Petra agency.
“A person opened fire on a patrol operating in the area, where security forces arrived (…) and located the shooter who tried to flee,” according to the agency quoting the authorities.
“Rules of engagement” applied
The man, “pursued and surrounded, began firing shots at the security forces, who in return applied the rules of engagement, which allowed the perpetrator to be killed,” she said. added.
Protests against the Israeli embassy have regularly taken place in recent years in the Rabieh neighborhood in the northwest of the Jordanian capital.
