Two Americans, one South African killed in Jordan

The US military has deployed about a dozen F-16s to a Jordanian air base from which they have been hitting targets in those two nations.

No members of the US military, who cycle through the training center, were involved in the shooting, the USA official said.

Momani added that the assailant – whose name has yet to be made public – had been killed by his fellow officers in the immediate wake of the attack.

The United States embassy has so far not commented on the incident.

The two victims are reported to be instructors at the training facility. He said that one of the wounded was in a critical condition.

That ambivalence means that while Jordan has hosted small-scale US training of rebels and allowed modest quantities of Gulf-supplied arms to filter into Syria, it has ensured that its border has not become an easy conduit for guns and combatants.

The same source said up to 1,000 United States operatives were present in Jordan, majority members of the naval infantry brigades specialising in anti-terrorism and urban warfare.

The United States embassy in Amman says it’s in contact with Jordanian authorities who’ve offered their full cooperation.

Two other American trainers and four Jordanians were injured in the attack.

The pilot’s murder sparked global outrage and was described by a senior Jordanian official as a “turning point” in the kingdom’s fight against IS.

These attacks come on the anniversary of the al-Qaeda suicide bombings that targeted three hotels in the country’s capital a decade ago.