Special committee to investigate downtown attack on GAM employees

AMMAN — Police on Saturday said a special committee was formed to investigate an alleged attack that occurred in downtown Amman over the weekend and resulted in the brief arrest of two Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) employees.

A support wall collapsed on Friday near a public market in Ras Al Ain area as a result of the heavy rain in the area, which resulted in the death of an Egyptian national and the injury of a second man, according to the Civil Defence Department (CDD).

Police Spokesperson Lt. Col. Amer Sartawi refused to comment on the incident but told The Jordan Times “that a special committee was formed to investigate this incident from all its aspects”.

GAM elected member Khader Saoud said he headed to the area with another GAM member Wisam Rbeihat to “check on the situation since I was elected by the people because we are entrusted by the public”.

“When we arrived, there was a police force that was attacking a GAM employee and we tried to intervene but they did not listen to us,” Saoud charged.

The police then “attacked and beat us then took us to a police station for a while. We filed an official complaint against the police and are awaiting the committee’s outcome,” Saoud told The Jordan Times.

Acts of riots were reported near the police station following the arrest of the two GAM employees but police contained the situation.