Three terrorists, two of them non-Jordanians, were killed yesterday in an exchange of fire with security forces in a northern Amman suburb, according to the official news agency, Petra.
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âAll three members of a terrorist group, two of them non-Jordanians, were killed by policemen who stormed their hide-out in the Hashemi neighborhood this afternoon,â Petra quoted a security official as saying. âThe terrorists were first ordered to surrender but they refused and opened fire on the security men who were forced to return fire and storm the house where they were hiding,â he added. The incident coincided with information that an Al-Qaeda-linked terror cell, which was discovered and disabled by the countryâs security forces two weeks ago, planned to launch âchemical attacksâ on embassies and government departments, thus threatening the lives of âthousands of civilians.â
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Jordanian newspapers published pictures of three suspected terrorists two weeks ago and asked for public assistance in finding them. The security official quoted by Petra did not say whether the three armed men killed yesterday were the same three whose pictures were published earlier.
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Earlier in the day, the pro-government Al-Rai daily quoted a police official as saying that interrogation of network members âwho belonged to Al-Qaeda planned attacks with chemicals that could have led to the deaths of thousands of civiliansâ. The official added, âAfter observations lasting two weeks, security men seized five cars loaded with explosives as well as raw chemicals.â The cell is believed to be the seventh to be found by the Jordanian authorities in the past two years, informed sources said. The countryâs State Security Court is currently trying at least two suspected terrorist groups which are accused of plotting to attack US and Israeli targets in Jordan.
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