Jordanian police officer kills two Americans, South African

The timing of the training center attack – 10 years after suicide bombers attacked three hotels in Amman on November 9, 2005, killing almost 60 and wounding more than 100 – raised questions about whether there was a link. But concern has swirled in staunchly pro-Western Jordan over possible revenge attacks by Islamic militants since the country assumed a high-level role in the U.S.-led military campaign against the Islamic State extremist group, which controls large areas of neighboring Syria and Iraq.

“Please monitor the news for further developments and maintain security awareness”, the message said.

According to Reuters, the attacker’s motive was not immediately clear and the situation has been described as “very fluid”.

Later on Monday, His Majesty King Abdullah visited those who were injured at the King Hussein Medical City, a Royal Court statement said.

“We can confirm that two United States trainers were killed and two wounded in an incident today at the Jordan global Police Training Center”, Kirby said. In addition to the Iraqis, security forces from Jordan, Lebanon, and the Palestinian Authority have attended the facility under a variety of contracts mostly funded by the U.S. State Department.

The attacker’s motives are under investigation. Such attacks have not occurred in Jordan. USA officials said most of the attackers were killed.

Earlier this year thousands of people took to Amman’s streets to protest against Isis after a Jordanian pilot was burnt to death in a cage after being captured by the terrorist group.

A U.S. official said that the two Americans were working with the US State Department’s worldwide Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Bureau and were responsible for training Palestinian forces.

The country hosts several hundred USA trainers who are part of a military program to bolster the kingdom’s defenses, including the stationing of F-16 fighter jets that use Jordanian airfields to hit ISIL positions in Syria.

The training compound where the attack took place is formally known as the Jordan global Police Training Center, according to the Guardian.

Mohammed Momani, a spokesman for Jordan’s government, denied the claim from a US official that the death toll had risen to eight.

“There’s a huge reservoir of opposition” to the Syrian regime, Schenker said, along with a latent anti-Americanism that has grown since 2000, as U.S.-Jordan ties have intensified.