A man was shot dead at dawn on Sunday after opening fire on security forces in the Rabieh neighborhood near the Israeli embassy in the Jordanian capital Amman, and three members of the security services were injured.
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“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 authorities.
Regular protests against Israel
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,” they added.
Protests against the Israeli embassy have regularly taken place in recent years in the Rabieh neighborhood in the northwest of the Jordanian capital.
