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Jordan: Suspect in Killing of Policeman Dies in Hideout Raid

Jordanian security forces. Photo: General Security Directorate
Jordanian security forces. Photo: General Security Directorate
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Jordan: Suspect in Killing of Policeman Dies in Hideout Raid

Jordanian security forces. Photo: General Security Directorate
Jordanian security forces. Photo: General Security Directorate

Three Jordanian police personnel were killed in a raid on the hideout of suspected killers of a policeman in the southern city of Maan, a police statement said on Monday.

The police said one of the suspects believed to be a militant was killed. The statement said investigations were ongoing on the incident.

A senior policeman, Colonel Abdul-Razzaq al-Dalabeh, was killed on Thursday night in a gunshot wound to the head while dealing with riots in the Husseiniya area of Maan Governorate.

The Public Security Directorate said Monday that officers arrested in the raid nine suspects and seized "automatic firearms and a large amount of ammunition."

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Lebanese Authorities Detain People They Say Were Planning Rockets Attacks on Israel

Lebanese army members gather near a charred car that was hit by an Israeli strike, in the southern coastal town of Ghazieh, Lebanon, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP)
Lebanese army members gather near a charred car that was hit by an Israeli strike, in the southern coastal town of Ghazieh, Lebanon, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP)
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Lebanese Authorities Detain People They Say Were Planning Rockets Attacks on Israel

Lebanese army members gather near a charred car that was hit by an Israeli strike, in the southern coastal town of Ghazieh, Lebanon, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP)
Lebanese army members gather near a charred car that was hit by an Israeli strike, in the southern coastal town of Ghazieh, Lebanon, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP)

Lebanese authorities have detained several people who they say were planning to launch rockets into Israel and confiscated the weapons they were intending to use, the military said Sunday.

The army said in a statement that the arrests are linked to other detentions announced earlier this week. It added that as military intelligence was investigating that case, they got information that a new rocket attack was being planned.

The army said troops raided an apartment near the southern port city of Sidon and confiscated some of the rockets and the launchers and “detained several people who were involved in the operation.” It said the detainees were referred to judicial authorities.

On Wednesday, the army said in a statement that authorities detained several people, including a number of Palestinians, who were involved in firing rockets in two separate attacks toward Israel in late March that triggered intense Israeli airstrikes on parts of Lebanon. Lebanon’s Hezbollah group denied at the time that it was behind the firing of rockets.

Also Sunday, an Israeli drone strike on the southern Lebanese village of Kawthariet al-Siyad killed one person, the state-run National News Agency said.