Man killed after gunfire in Israel embassy district in Jordan: state news

A man was shot dead and three members of the security services wounded after gunfire at dawn Sunday in the neighbourhood in Jordan's capital where the Israeli embassy is located, the official Petra news agency reported.

"The Public Security Directorate announced that it dealt with an incident of gunfire at a patrol operating in the Rabieh area in the capital, Amman, at dawn on Sunday," the agency said, adding the incident "resulted in the killing of the perpetrator".