Jordan: policeman killed during protests against fuel prices
Jordanian bus drivers sit next to a banner bearing a slogan that reads 'dignity' in Arabic as they continue a strike that began more than 10 days earlier to protest rising fuel prices, the December 16, 2022 in the southern province of Maan.
Gunfire has killed a senior Jordanian officer and injured two other police officers in the south of the country, where protesters have taken to the streets for days against rising fuel prices, authorities said on December 16.
AFP - KHALIL MAZRAAWI
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Demonstrations and violence in Jordan.
The rise in fuel prices provokes a movement of anger in the kingdom and, this Friday, December 16, a police official was shot dead in the south of the country
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A Jordanian police colonel who was shot while facing protesters.
The facts took place in the governorate of Maan, in the south of Jordan.
But scenes of anger have been reported in different regions of the kingdom: scuffles with the police, stone throwing, broken windows and burnt tires.
The strike movement and demonstrations began several days ago, led by truck drivers and then taxis, before spreading to other sectors.
The reason: the price of fuel, which has practically doubled since last year.
A surge in prices that worsens an already gloomy economic picture, with high unemployment and a heavy public debt.
Already in 2018, Jordan had been shaken by demonstrations
, against a backdrop of socio-economic demands.
The government then had to resign.
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