Jordan stabbing: Ex-convict faces terrorism charges after policeman’s death
The National · 11 Nov 2026

Jordan stabbing: Ex-convict faces terrorism charges after policeman’s death

A Jordanian court has charged a man with terrorism after he was suspected of stabbing a police officer to death and wounding another outside the Sri Lankan embassy in Amman. The stabbing of Cpl Jawad Al Salayta in a busy area of the capital last Thursday came after an attack on a church in central Jordan that killed nine men on October 23. The nine were mostly members of Halasa, a prominent Christian clan.


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