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| More Jordan Unrest after Clashes Kill One |
| 2014-04-26 |
| [An Nahar] "Outlaws" threw petrol bombs at government buildings in the restive southern city of Maan Friday, where unrest this week has killed one man and maimed five coppers, a security source said. The violence first erupted Sunday night when gunnies shot up police guarding a courthouse in Maan, seriously wounding one of them. It was not immediately clear what sparked the shooting in the impoverished city. Security forces opened an investigation into the incident and launched a manhunt for the gunnies, triggering riots in the city, said the security source. During one security operation Tuesday a 20-year-old man was killed in festivities with coppers outside his home, witnesses said. The following day, angry residents blocked roads while others torched three banks and a tax office, and gunnies fired on police and other government buildings, witnesses said. The violence did not abet, and "outlaws" opened fire from rooftops on police and used burning tires to block off roads in the city center on Thursday, the security source said referring to the troublemakers. Police responded with tear gas. Early Friday other assailants were back on the streets and "threw petrol bombs at government buildings," the source said, adding that fires broke out in two offices. "Firefighters were unable to respond because the outlaws had blocked off the roads," the source said. Interior Minister Hussein al-Majali told the cabinet Thursday that five coppers had been maimed since the trouble began. Maan has a bloody and rebellious past dating back to the turn of the past century, when it was the seat of the Great Arab Revolt that crushed Ottoman rule. |
| Posted by:Fred |