Today, Wednesday, the Public Prosecution in the Jordanian State Security Court charged a Jordanian with “committing terrorist acts” who stabbed a security guard and injured another in front of the Sri Lankan embassy in Amman.
The Public Prosecutor at the State Security Court announced, in a statement, the end of “all investigative procedures” related to “the terrorist act committed against the ranks of Public Security in the city of Amman, which led to the martyrdom of Corporal Jawad Al-Salaita and the injury of Captain Firas Al-Ananza.”
Al-Salaita was killed, and Al-Ananza was injured, last Thursday, in a stabbing incident that occurred in front of the Sri Lankan embassy in Amman, and the perpetrator was arrested immediately after Al-Ananza took control of him.
According to the Public Prosecutor, the perpetrator was charged with two counts: “committing terrorist acts that led to the death of a person, and committing terrorist acts using a weapon.”
Under the laws, the penalty for conviction on the first charge may reach death, according to what Agence France-Presse reported.
The authorities did not officially announce the name of the perpetrator or any information about him, but pictures of him and video clips taken by nearby surveillance cameras before he carried out the stabbing operation were circulated on social media sites.
With those photos and clips, users published the name “Muhannad Al-Hamouri” and information indicating that he is a former prisoner convicted of terrorism who recently completed his sentence, which was confirmed to “Agence France-Presse” by a judicial source who preferred to remain anonymous.
This stabbing incident came about two weeks after an attack that Jordan rarely witnesses, carried out by three people against a church in the village of Hamoud in Karak (about 120 kilometers south of Amman), which resulted in the deaths of nine people and the wounding of more than 25 others.
French-American efforts related to Lebanon are focused on finding a “formula” that guarantees avoiding a security vacuum in the south after the withdrawal of UNIFIL forces, in addition to finding a satisfactory “verification mechanism” to ensure the withdrawal of Hezbollah and the deployment of the army in the experimental areas from which Israel withdraws.
While US Secretary of State Marco Rubio renewed a proposal that Lebanon had rejected, which was to assign the task to a civilian group, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said, after the G7 ministerial meeting in Paris, that there is “a necessity to move forward and quickly towards a new security structure.” Barrow added about the guarantees that France can provide: “They must be based on existing Security Council resolutions, especially Resolution 1701, and they must contribute to the success of the tripartite agreement (the framework agreement).”
On the other hand, local sources said that Lebanon “has not yet received the results of the US-French talks, but the picture will become clearer early next week with the visit of the US Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Mike Waltz, to Beirut.”
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) announced that one of its patrols came under fire near the village of Wadi Gilo in southern Lebanon on Tuesday evening, and about 12 shots were fired towards the peacekeeping forces.
It was not immediately clear who fired at the forces.
UNIFIL said, in a statement, that the patrol detected a flash resulting from gunfire from the muzzle of a weapon, and responded by opening fire, prompting the shooter to stop. No peacekeepers were harmed during the incident.
UNIFIL reiterated that international law obliges all parties to ensure the safety and security of United Nations personnel and property at all times.
The statement said: “The deliberate attacks on peacekeepers constitute a violation of Security Council Resolution 1701 and international humanitarian law.”
The force called on the Lebanese government to quickly open an investigation to identify those responsible for the incident and hold them accountable.
