Jordan undertakes strict steps to prevent a recurrence of riots over fuel price hikes

Jordanian Interior Minister Mazen Al-Faraya said today, Friday, that his country will take strict steps and deploy more riot police in the face of demonstrations that erupted in protest against the rise in prices, after clashes last night across the kingdom that led to the killing of the deputy police chief of Ma’an Governorate, Colonel Abdel-Razzaq Abdel-Hafez Al-Dalabeh. .

The minister added in a press conference that the government will allow peaceful protests, but will not tolerate any riots that destroy public and private property, as happened yesterday, Thursday.

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