Security ⁠officer killed in stabbing attack in Jordan’s capital
Al Jazeera · 5 Nov 2026

Security ⁠officer killed in stabbing attack in Jordan’s capital

State media reports that the assailant and a second security officer sustained injuries. One person has been killed ⁠and another wounded in a ‌stabbing attack in Jordan’s capital, Amman. Jordan’s Public Security Directorate said that a member of its forces was assaulted with a sharp object and died “in a cowardly terrorist attack” on Thursday. Jordan’s state-run Al-Mamlaka TV reported that the assailant attempted to seize the weapon of the security officer who was killed.


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