Police officer shoots colleague ‘by accident’ — spokesperson

By JT - Sep 07,2015 - Last updated at Sep 07,2015

AMMAN – A police officer reportedly shot his colleague on Sunday evening by accident, killing him, Public Security Department Spokesperson Lt. Col. Amer Sartawi said Monday.

The police officer was killed when he was in a police vehicle with his colleague in Amman. “The investigation into the incident is still under way,” Sartawi told The Jordan Times over the phone.

In a separate incident, an 18-year-old girl was found dead, hanging from a tree in Amman’s Naour area on Monday morning. “The investigation is still ongoing to find out the details of this incident,” Sartawi added.

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