(AhlulBayt News Agency) - In another gunmen attack on Tuesday, unidentified gunmen killed at least four police officers south of Jordan.
Jordanian police officers attacked a house in the village near southern city of Karak to arrest suspected militants when a heavy shooting broke out and four of the officers were killed.
The operation to foil gunmen presence in the region is still going on with the police cracking down on suspected houses while based on the reports another police officer was also killed during the operation.
The general security department said in a statement that the operation was launched to track down a number of suspects who were holed up in the house. The statement added that the police surrounded the house and the suspects opened fire on them.
Meanwhile, Haitham Ziadeen, a Jordanian member of parliament from Karak, confirmed that an operation was underway in the area to arrest gunmen wanted by the authorities, saying, "A shootout erupted after security forces arrived to raid a house in the Qarifla region of Karak province, where the gunmen have sought shelter."
On Sunday, at least ten people lost their lives when unidentified armed men attacked police forces in the mountainous city of Karak, a tourist destination which is situated 120 kilometers south of the capital Amman.
The ISIS terrorist group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the deadly attack. Jordan has come under several attacks from suspected ISIS terrorists over the past few months.
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21 December 2016 - 07:47
News ID: 799710
Four policemen were killed Tuesday in an exchange of fire with wanted men in a central Jordanian province where assailants had killed 10 people in a series of ambushes earlier this week, state media said.
