Jordan: Killing of trainers won’t harm US security ties

Investigation into motives of captain who shot dead two Americans at training center ongoing

By AP 11 November 2015, 11:05 pm

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This undated photograph provided by family shows Jordanian police Cpt. Anwar Abu Zaid. A relative said he was informed by security officials that Abu Zaid was the assailant in a shooting rampage at a police training center on Monday, Nov. 11, 2015 that killed five people, including two American instructors. (Courtesy: Family photograph via AP)

AMMAN, Jordan — A government spokesman says a shooting rampage that killed three foreign police instructors, including two Americans this week, will not harm Jordan’s security ties with other nations.

Mohammed Momani also told The Associated Press on Wednesday that images circulated on social media show the aftermath of the shooting in a canteen in the police training center. The photos showed three large pools of blood on the ground and two tables, one with plates of food.

Jordan’s government has said little else about Monday’s attack by a Jordanian police captain who also killed two Jordanian translators before being shot dead.

Momani says an investigation of the shooter’s motives is continuing.

He says the government believes the attack “will have no impact on our security relations with our friends and allies.”