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Six wounded as gunman attacks Jordan bus
AMMAN (AFP) - A teenage Palestinian gunman raked a bus with gunfire in Amman, injuring six people, before turning the gun on himself as police tried to subdue him, officials said on Thursday. The wounded -- four Lebanese members of an orchestra, a Palestinian woman and the Jordanian bus driver -- were not seriously hurt in Wednesday's late night attack, said government spokesman and Information Minister Nasser Jawdeh. Jawdeh said the alleged attacker tried to commit suicide, and that he was seriously wounded while police spokesman Mohamad Khatib said he was "clinically dead" after shooting himself in the head. Witnesses said tourists were arriving to attend an evening of music at the Roman amphitheatre in Amman when an individual began shooting at the bus at around 11:00 pm (2000 GMT). A security official told AFP that the gunman was an 18-year-old Palestinian from the Bakaa refugee camp, north of Amman, and had no criminal record other than two minor cases of theft. The official named the youth as Thaer Abdul Kader al-Wheidi and said he had no known political ties. Posted by: tu3031 2008-07-17 |
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