Suspect charged with premeditated murder of man, woman in Amman, Balqa

AMMAN – The Criminal Court prosecutor on Sunday charged a suspect with two counts of premeditated murder in connection with the alleged slaying of a man and a woman in Amman and Balqa governorate over the weekend, according to senior official sources.

The first murder occurred in Wadi Sir on Friday when a shop owner in Wadi Sir area was found shot dead in his shop, Police Spokesperson Lt. Col. Amer Sartawi told The Jordan Times on Saturday.

The following day, the police official maintained, a woman was shot and killed in Ein Basha.

A special investigation team was formed and concluded that both murders were committed by the same suspect,” the police official added.

Sartawi maintained that investigators were able to immediately “identify a person of interest in the double homicide”.

The suspect was located by a special investigation team in Rmemien area where he was arrested without any major incident, the police official maintained.

“The police force team found a weapon in the suspect’s possession,” Sartawi added, without further elaboration. 

The Criminal Court prosecutor ordered that the weapon seized with the suspect be sent to the Forensic and Laboratories Department for further analysis, a senior judicial source said.

The judicial source told The Jordan Times that investigations are ongoing in the case and “that no information could be announced regarding the double homicide incident at this point”.

“The Criminal Court prosecutor has summoned friends and relatives of both the victims and the suspect for further questioning,” according to the senior judicial source.