Two Americans killed at Jordanian training centre
A Jordanian police officer has shot dead at least two Americans and one South African at a police training centre near the capital, officials have said.
Police colleagues gunned down the shooter after the attack on Monday.
State news agency Petra said the three instructors killed were on contract with Jordanian police.
Four Jordanians were also critically injured.
Government spokesman Mohammed Momani told Al Jazeera that the shooter, Anwar Abu Zaid, had served in the criminal investigation department and the police intelligence unit, before joining the training programme in Muwaqar.
Pentagon Spokesman Major James Brindle told Al Jazeera that the Pentagon was trying to verify information, adding that he could not yet confirm the identity of the two dead Americans.
The police training centre is in Al-Mowager, 30km from Amman.
The attack coincides with the 10th anniversary of suicide bombings in Amman
hotels that cost 60 lives and wounded dozens more.
(Al Jazeera)
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