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muriel_volestrangler

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Sun Dec 18, 2016, 04:32 PM Dec 2016

Jordan attack: Canadian among 10 dead in Karak shooting

Source: BBC

Gun attacks in and near the Jordanian city of Karak have left 10 people dead including a Canadian tourist and at least four police officers.

Unidentified gunmen opened fire on two police patrols before fleeing to an ancient hilltop castle and attacking a police station there, officials say.

Several tourists trapped in the castle were later freed and police were in a stand-off with gunmen as night fell.
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At least 27 people have been wounded, some seriously.


Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38358309



Jordan security forces storm castle to free captured tourists

Jordanian security forces have launched an operation to free tourists trapped inside a medieval castle in the city of Karak, where armed men had taken shelter following a series of shootouts with police that killed at least nine people.
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“The operation is continuing, it has not ended and the criminals are still inside the castle … This was a group that was plotting certain operations inside Jordan,” Maaytah told pan-Arab news channel al-Hadath.

Police said the gunmen had arrived in Karak from the desert town of Qatraneh nearly 18 miles north-east of Karak, a desert outpost known for smuggling, where many tribal residents are heavily armed.

As night fell, the operation to arrest the gunmen in the castle was continuing. There was no immediate claim of responsibility or suggestion from Jordanian security officials of who might be involved or why.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/18/canadian-tourist-five-killed-gunmen-jordan-karak
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Jordan attack: Canadian among 10 dead in Karak shooting (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 OP
K&R for people in other parts of the world uppityperson Dec 2016 #1
Jordan's security forces declare end of castle siege, four 'terrorists' killed muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #2

muriel_volestrangler

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2. Jordan's security forces declare end of castle siege, four 'terrorists' killed
Sun Dec 18, 2016, 07:38 PM
Dec 2016
Jordanian security forces said they killed four "terrorist outlaws" after flushing them out of a castle in the southern city of Karak where they had holed up after a shoot-out that killed nine people.

An official statement said the four assailants, who shot at police targets in the town before heading to the Crusader-era castle, carried automatic weapons. Large quantities of explosives, weapons and suicide belts were seized in a hideout, it added.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-jordan-security-shooting-idUSKBN1470GG


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