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​AMMAN
​Minister of Government Communication and Official Government Spokesperson, Mohammad Al-Momani, announced on Thursday that preliminary investigations indicate the attack targeting Public Security personnel in the capital, Amman, was a terrorist act, affirming that the state will not tolerate any assault targeting Jordan and Jordanians.
​Al-Momani stated that "assaulting security personnel while performing their duty is an attack on the state's prestige and the rule of law, and an assault on every Jordanian man and woman," emphasizing that the government will no leniency toward any aggressor or action targeting the Kingdom's security and citizens.
​He affirmed that the nation's security and stability supersede all other considerations, and that the state and its institutions are fully capable of protecting citizens and residents on its territory, while enforcing the law with absolute firmness against anyone who infringes upon it or commits an assault.
​Al-Momani revealed that the Prime Minister is closely following the specialized agencies' handling of the incident, which preliminary investigations indicate was a "cowardly terrorist act." He noted that the Prime Minister stressed the necessity of expediting the clarification of its circumstances and motives, as well as taking all necessary legal measures against anyone proven to be involved.
​He added that sacrifice is not foreign to the members of Jordan's military and security services, stressing that security personnel continue to fulfill their duty in safeguarding the homeland and preserving its security and stability.
​The government spokesperson expressed his sincere condolences and sympathy to the family of the security officer killed while performing his duty and to his colleagues, wishing a speedy recovery to the injured officer.
​The Jordanian Public Security Directorate had announced earlier the martyrdom of Corporal Jwad Ali Khalaf Al-Salayta and the injury of another officer, following a sharp-tool attack carried out by an individual on Al-Madina Al-Munawwarah Street in the capital, Amman, confirming the arrest of the perpetrator and the initiation of investigations into the incident.
​Source: Rum News Agency