Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Activists on social media circulated video clips and pictures of condolences for Colonel Abdulaziz Al-Dalabeh, deputy police director of the city of Ma’an (about 218 km) south of the capital, Amman, who was killed by “terrorists’ bullets,” according to what she reported. Jordanian authorities.
Activists circulated pictures and video clips of the Jordanian monarch, King Abdullah II and his uncle, Prince Hassan bin Talal, as they offered condolences and heard the phrase “We are for the sake of the homeland, sir” by one of the king’s recipients, the moment he got off the car.
The killing of Colonel Al-Dalabeh comes in light of a state of tension in several governorates in the country, after drivers of trucks and various means of transportation announced a strike more than 10 days ago against the background of a government decision to raise fuel prices. Obstacle, loads of goods are jammed.
In the official statement issued by the General Security, it said, “The martyrdom of Colonel Abdul Razzaq al-Dalabeh came as a result of a gunshot wound to the head area, while he was dealing with riots that were being carried out by a group of vandals and outlaws in the Husseiniya area of Ma’an Governorate.”
In its statement, the authorities stressed what they described as “strike with an iron fist against anyone who attempts to attack lives and public property and threatens the security of the homeland and the citizen, with an emphasis on protecting freedom of expression and dealing with appropriate force with riots and vandalism.”