AMMAN — Police on Monday announced the arrest of two Asian nationals in connection with the murder of an Asian woman in Balqa Governorate earlier this month.
On January 15, police were notified that the body of a female was found in a forest area in Balqa, some 35km northwest of Amman.
Coroners established that she was strangled to death.
The suspects confessed to the murder during preliminary questioning, claiming they killed the woman, who was their compatriot, “for personal reasons”, according to Public Security Department Spokesperson Major Amer Sartawi.
Sartawi said the suspects and the victim worked at the same farm and that police were led to the two men after identifying the woman and determining her workplace.
The Criminal Court prosecutor issued orders for both men to be detained at a correctional and rehabilitation centre pending further investigation.
