Death toll in attacks against police officers in Jordan rises to 10

  19 December 2016    Read: 1252
Death toll in attacks against police officers in Jordan rises to 10
At least 10 people have been killed, 22 wounded as a result of attacks against police officers in three locations in Jordan on Sunday, media reported.
Seven police officers, two local civilians and a Canadian tourist have been killed as a result of attacks carried out by a group of unknown men in Qatrana and Karak, CNN broadcaster reported citing Jordan`s minister of state for media affairs, Mohammed Momani.

Earlier in the day, a source told Sputnik that five people, including a tourist, were killed in the attack, which targeted a police station and a bus carrying tourists, adding that at least 9 people were wounded. The source added that the attack may have been carried out by a terrorist cell.

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