One man was killed and several injured at a Jordanian prison north of Amman on Thursday when Islamist prisoners clashed with police, a security source said. The source said Islamist prisoners took two policemen hostage during the clashes, which erupted at Qafqafa jail when police tried to enter the cells to enforce solitary confinement. A government official said the disturbance had been brought under control, but gave no further details. The security source later said one dead body and a number of injured police and inmates were taken to hospital. It was not immediately clear if the dead man was an inmate or a policeman but pan-Arab Al Arabiya television identified him as a prisoner. An Islamist prisoner told Al Jazeera satellite station that a 1,000-strong security force had entered the jail to try to “kidnap two inmates” and fired tear gas when some prisoners put up resistance. He said one inmate had been wounded by a gunshot. Government spokesman Naser Juda said violence erupted when some prisoners tried to stop security forces from searching their cells for drugs and sharp weapons, but made no mention of hostages or casualties.