A security man was stabbed to death and another injured in Amman. Public Security classifies it as a “terrorist act” and the Public Prosecution initiates an investigation.

On Thursday afternoon, Jordanian Public Security announced the death of one of its members after he was attacked with a sharp object by a person in the capital, Amman.

The Public Security Directorate described the stabbing incident of the security man as a “terrorist operation.” She added that an investigation into the incident had been initiated.

A public security man was stabbed on a street in the capital, and the security services arrested the assailant who tried to seize the security man’s weapon, according to a statement from the Public Security Directorate.

For his part, the Public Prosecutor of the State Security Court, Brigadier General Military Judge Ahmed Talaat Shahaltogh, stated that the Public Prosecution of the State Security Court has initiated investigation procedures into the events of the “terrorist act” that took place on Thursday at the offices of Public Security in the city of Amman.

The official government spokesman, Muhammad Al-Momani, said that preliminary investigations indicate that the attack that targeted a public security officer in the capital was a “cowardly act of terrorism.”

He stressed that the government "will not tolerate any aggressor or action targeting Jordan and Jordanians."

Al-Mamlaka Channel reported that the assailant in the incident that resulted in the death of a public security man on Medina Street was neutralized by a public security officer, after a fistfight with him, explaining that the security man who neutralized the assailant sustained a minor injury.

Jordanian media said that Jordanian King Abdullah II is following developments related to the investigations into what they described as a "terrorist attack" that took place in the capital, Amman.

Vice King Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein visited the injured security man who is receiving treatment in the Medical City, after he was attacked while dealing with a terrorist act in the capital, Amman.

Al-Mamlaka Channel added that another security man intervened, without the assailant seizing the gun of the security man who was killed, noting that the security man and the assailant were transferred to a hospital.

The channel indicated that bladed weapons and two daggers were found in the possession of the perpetrator of the attack on the security man, explaining that large security reinforcements were present in the vicinity of the incident, with a security cordon imposed in the area and a complete closure of Medina Street towards the Seventh Circle.

The Al-Mamlaka correspondent also said that a security officer was killed as a result of a person assaulting him with a knife, adding that Public Security personnel arrested the assailant.

The Public Security Directorate called the killing of Corporal Jawad Al-Salaita what it described as a “cowardly terrorist act” while he was carrying out his official duty in the capital, and one of the officers was also injured.

The media spokesman explained the details of the “terrorist incident” in a statement: “He confirmed that at 12:20 this Thursday afternoon, a person on Medina Street in the capital surprised a public security officer and attacked him with a sharp object and stabbed him, which led to immediate intervention by a patrol, whose crew dealt with the terrorist, took control of the situation, and arrested him.”