Jordan policeman kills two US nationals one S. African

(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Three security instructors -- two Americans and one South African -- were shot dead on Monday by a Jordanian police officer at the U.S.-funded Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) outside capital Amman.

Jordanian government spokesman and Minister of State for Media Affairs Mohammad Momani said the assailant had also wounded two other U.S. nationals and four Jordanians with one of the latter sustaining “serious” injuries.

Momani added that the assailant -- whose name has yet to be made public -- had been killed by his fellow officers in the immediate wake of the attack.

The spokesman went on to note that an investigation into the incident had since been launched by the authorities.

“We are in contact with the appropriate Jordanian authorities who have offered their full support” the U.S. embassy in Amman declared via Twitter.

“We will report more info when available” the embassy added.

Notably Monday’s shooting incident occurred exactly ten years to the day after a series of coordinated bomb attacks struck three luxury hotels in Amman killing dozens.

Responsibility for the attack was later claimed by Al-Qaeda in Iraq.