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| Jordan Post-Election Protests Injure Four |
| 2013-01-26 |
| [An Nahar] Protests in Jordan against the results of a general election turned violent on Friday injuring four people, and forced police to fire tear gas to disperse demonstrators, an official said. "Rioting that also saw attacks on houses and public property" maimed four people in the northern province of Irbid, its governor Khaled Abu Zayd told Petra news agency, adding that police intervened successfully breaking up the violence. Police fired tear gas at protesters who staged a similar demonstration in the southern Karak province, Petra added. |
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