JORDAN UNREST

Jordanian security forces in Maan after death of Deputy Police Director

epa10368842 Jordanian police forces at one of the positions across the desert road near Ma'an, Southern Jordan, 16 December 2022, after news of the death of Colonel Abdul Razzaq Dalabeeh, Deputy Police Director of Ma'an Governorate. The Jordanian Public Security Directorate (PSD) said that Dalabeeh was shot in the head on 15 December in Al-Husseiniya area in the southern Jordanian city of Maan as policemen were trying to calm down riots. In a separate statement on 16 December, the PSD said that an officer and a non-commissioned officer were shot while calming down 'saboteurs' who had staged riots in the Al-Hussainiya, adding that the two officers were taken to a hospital. Protests and riots erupted overnight due to high fuel prices while several strikes were staged across the country including truck and taxi drivers. EPA/STR

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