A number of foreign tourists and Jordanian citizens were injured on Wednesday in a knife attack in Jordan's northern city of Jerash. "An [unidentifie
A number of foreign tourists and Jordanian citizens were injured on Wednesday in a knife attack in Jordan’s northern city of Jerash.
“An [unidentified] individual with a knife assaulted a number of tourists, a tourist guide and a security officer when the officer tried to arrest him,” Jordan’s Public Security Directorate said in a statement.
The injured have been transferred to a hospital for treatment.
The assailant was arrested and interrogated while the motive behind the attack remains unclear.
No further details were given regarding the nationality of the tourists or their conditions.
Injured in Jordan stabbing were not Spanish nationals
The tourists stabbed Wednesday in Jerash, a Jordanian city popular with foreign visitors, were not Spanish nationals, a source from Spain’s foreign ministry told Reuters.
Police in Jordan said several tourists, a local guide and a security guard were stabbed and that a man had been arrested in connection with the attack.