Stabbed 6 tourists in Jerash, Jordan .. The authorities reveal the nationalities of the injured

JERUSALEM - Six people, including three Mexican tourists and a Swiss tourist, were injured Wednesday when they were stabbed in Jerash in northern Jordan by security forces, a public security spokesman said.

"Three Mexican tourists and one Swiss woman were injured in the attack in Jerash in northern Jordan on Wednesday and carried out by a man who was arrested by security forces," Lieutenant Colonel Amer al-Sartawi told AFP.

A Jordanian tourist guide and a non-commissioned officer from the Public Security Directorate were also injured when they tried to arrest the bomber, the source said. Accordingly, the death toll rose to six after General Security initially indicated five people were injured.

A spokesman for the Public Security Directorate said earlier in a statement that the attacker carried out "assault by knife."

"He was immediately arrested and interrogations started," he said.
The source pointed out that the injured were "hospitalized while under treatment" in Jerash Governmental Hospital.

Jordanian Health Minister Saad Jaber, accompanied by the Mexican ambassador to Jordan, visited the wounded to check on their health, the official Petra news agency reported.
"The situation of the injured and the tourist guides is being monitored and the necessary aid is being carried out," the agency quoted North Region Police Director Brigadier Waheed al-Nawafleh as saying.

He explained that "critical cases will be transferred by private jet to the city medical hospital in Amman," without giving further details.

The latest attack on foreign tourists in the kingdom dates back to December 19, 2016 in Karak, southern Jordan, and killed 10 people, including seven security men and a Canadian tourist, 34 injured, 15 security personnel, 17 civilians and two foreigners. It was adopted by the Islamic State.

The state security court handed down sentences ranging from death to three years to life imprisonment for 10 people convicted of the attack.
Jerash governorate, which includes Roman ruins dating back to the BC era consisting of theaters, terraces, columns, baths, waterfalls and fences, attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists annually.