Three Mexican tourists and a Swiss woman were wounded in a knife attack Wednesday (November 6th) in Jerash, archeological site of northern Jordan, told AFP the spokesman of General Security, Amer Sartaoui.
"A Jordanian tourist guide and an officer of the general security" were also affected while trying to stop the attacker, according to the same source, bringing to six the number of wounded in the attack. The author, whose motives are not known, was arrested.
This is not the first time that tourist sites are targeted by attacks in Jordan.
Ten dead in Karak in 2016
In December 2016, another tourist site, Karak, 120 km south of Amman, was the scene of a deadly attack that left 10 dead (seven policemen, two Jordanian civilians and a Canadian tourist), as well as thirty wounded. It had been claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group.
Ten people were sentenced to three years in prison for sentencing to death.
Jordan, whose tourism is one of the main resources, is renowned for its splendid remains, among the most important in the Middle East, such as the Nabataean city of Petra, one of the seven wonders of the world, or the Roman temple of Jerash .
The Wadi Rum desert and the Dead Sea are also among its tourist attractions.
With AFP