Abu Dhabi, Amman (Al Ittihad, WAM)
The UAE affirmed its full support and solidarity with the brotherly Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan based on the fraternal ties between the two countries and the two brotherly peoples, stressing the importance of ensuring stability and security in the country.
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation expressed the UAE’s support for all measures taken by the Jordanian government, and renewed its firm stance and permanent rejection of all forms of violence and terrorism aimed at undermining security and stability, and contrary to human values and principles.
The Ministry expressed its sincere condolences and sympathy to the brotherly king, government and people of Jordan over the martyrdom of a number of security men during a raid on the headquarters of a terrorist cell, and to the families and relatives of the victims, and its wishes for a speedy recovery for all the injured.
And the Jordanian General Security announced, yesterday, the implementation of a raid to apprehend a suspect in the killing of a security officer in the south of the country, which resulted in the killing of 3 security men in addition to the suspect. The Public Security Directorate said in a statement: “A special security force carried out a raid on Monday morning on a terrorist cell in the Husseiniya area in Ma’an Governorate.”
And he indicated that “the raid took place after the investigations carried out by the investigation team assigned to the killing of Brigadier General Al-Dalabeh led to the suspicion of a group of brothers who carried takfiri thought.”
Last Thursday evening, Colonel Abd al-Razzaq al-Dalabeh was killed by a bullet in the head while he was dealing with a riot that was being carried out by a group of outlaws in Ma’an, in the south of the country.
An officer and a non-commissioned officer were also injured, according to what the Public Security Directorate announced in previous statements, while the security services did not announce at the time the arrest of the killer.
And the General Security statement stated: “The Special Security Force surrounded the whereabouts of the suspects, as one of them, immediately after the start of the raid, fired heavy bullets from an automatic weapon at the force.”
He pointed out that “the rules of engagement were applied to him, which resulted in the death of three officers and members of the force, the wounding of 5 others, and the killing of the terrorist shooter.”
It indicated that “the raid led to the arrest of 9 other persons suspected of involvement in the case, including 4 brothers of the murdered terrorist who fired at the force, and three other sons of one of them, along with two other persons who were accompanying them.” And the statement added that “they were seized with a group of automatic firearms and a large amount of ammunition.” The General Security said, “The investigations into the case of the killing of Brigadier General Al Dalabeh have confirmed, through information and evidence collected from the crime scene, that the suspicion is limited to that group, most of whose members hold extremist takfiri ideology.”
The security concluded its statement by noting that “the investigations with those arrested are continuing, and their course and results will be announced in a timely manner until the case is referred to the judiciary.”
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