Suspect detained for fatal Stabbing over money dispute in Amman

AMMAN — The Criminal Court prosecutor on Saturday began questioning a suspect who allegedly killed a man in the street in Amman over the weekend.

The victim was allegedly stabbed by the suspect while walking in the street in Nasser's neighbourhood when the suspect allegedly stabbed him, Police Spokesperson Lt. Col. Amer Sartawi said.

“The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital but died shortly after being admitted,” Sartawi told The Jordan Times.

The suspect fled from the scene and police opened an investigation into the incident, the police official added.

“Our investigators were able to determine the suspect's identity and he was arrested by police,” Sartawi added.

Investigators also seized “the weapon that was allegedly used in the stabbing incident,” he said.

In his initial confession to the investigators, the suspect claimed that he “murdered the victim over financial disputes,” according to Sartawi.

A senior medical source told The Jordan Times that the victim received two fatal stab wounds to the chest.

"An autopsy performed by a team of pathologists at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine ordinated that the victim died from internal bleeding that was caused by the stab wound to the chest," the senior medical source said.

The Criminal Court prosecutor is currently questioning the suspect and is expected to summon family members of the suspect and the victim to learn more about the circumstances that led to the murder, a senior judicial source said.

The prosecutor also ordered that the weapon seized with the suspect be sent to the Forensics and Laboratories Department for further analysis, the judicial source added.

The suspect was ordered detained for 15 at a correctional and rehabilitation centre days pending further investigation into the incident, the senior judicial source said.