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Israeli stabbed in embassy in Jordan, attacker and second man shot dead

| | Jul 24, 2017, at 05:53 pm
Amman, Jul 24 (IBNS) : A Jordanian man stabbed an Israeli security officer at the Israeli embassy in Amman on Sunday before he was shot dead, media reports said.

According to reports, a  second Jordanian was also killed.

The incident occurred late Sunday afternoon, but was kept under gag order by the Israeli military censor until Monday morning, The Times of Israel said..

Three  people were initially wounded in the incident. .Two Jordanians later died, according to authorities and the news site Hala Akhbar, linked to the Jordanian military.

The injured Israeli is “deputy director of security at the Israeli embassy and is still receiving treatment in hospital.

He was said to be lightly injured in the incident.

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