️🇯🇴🇱🇰 A Jordanian security officer was killed and another wounded in a stabbing attack near the Sri Lankan embassy in Amman on Thursday, November 5, in what authorities described as a terrorist attack.
According to the Directorate of Internal Security in Jordan, the attacker attacked an officer guarding the embassy with a sharp object before trying to grab his weapon. A second police officer intervened and was injured, while the suspect was arrested.
Preliminary investigations reveal that the suspect planned an attack against security personnel. The incident occurs less than two weeks after a deadly attack on a church gathering in southern Jordan in which nine people were killed and dozens injured. The authorities found no connection between the two incidents.