Ruins in northern Jordan Jerash 8 foreign tourists bite injuries November 7 6:03
A tourist site famous for the Roman Empire ruins in Jordan in the Middle East. Eight foreign tourists were stabbed by a man with a knife and injured. Local police detained the man and examined the motives and background.
Eight people including four foreign tourists were stabbed one after another by men with cutlery in Jerash, a famous tourist spot in the Roman Empire period in northern Jordan.
According to the announcement of the Jordanian government, Mexican and Swiss tourists and local guide Jordanians were injured and carried to the hospital, but there was no difference in life.
The Jordanian police are investigating the background of the motives and incidents by restraining a man on the scene, but the details are not clear.
Jerash is a tourist destination located 50 kilometers north of the capital Amman, and is well-known for foreigners because of its well-preserved Roman temples and theaters.
It is a place where Japanese tourists visit, but according to the local Japanese embassy, there is no information that Japanese people were involved.