Army officer who died in Missouri laid to rest

AMMAN — Maj. Akram Abu Al Rob, who died in December in the Missouri floods in the US, was laid to rest in his hometown of Zubdeh in Irbid on Friday, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Abu Al Rob was in the US to participate in a workshop.

He died when floods swept a vehicle that was transporting him along with two Egyptians and a Malaysian, the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army said last month.