Canadian tourist among 10 dead in terrorist attack on Jordan castle
TomoNews US
2016-12-20
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KARAK, JORDAN — At least 10 people, including a Canadian tourist, were killed and 29 others were injured when militants opened fire from a Crusader-era castle in Jordan on Sunday.
A series of attacks in the southern city of Karak began when a police patrol went to check on a house fire. One policeman was wounded when gunmen fired from inside the house before the attackers fled in a car, Al Jazeera reported.
Soon afterward, gunmen shot at another police patrol, while at the same time an unknown number of assailants opened fire on police and civilians from the city’s 874-year-old castle.
Police and security forces surrounded the castle and exchanged fire with the militants for several hours.
Four gunmen were killed at the castle, where police found large quantities of explosives, weapons and suicide belts.
The dead Canadian woman was named by CBC News as Linda Vatcher, 62, a retired teacher from Newfoundland who was visiting her son in the Middle East.
A series of attacks in the southern city of Karak began when a police patrol went to check on a house fire. One policeman was wounded when gunmen fired from inside the house before the attackers fled in a car, Al Jazeera reported.
Soon afterward, gunmen shot at another police patrol, while at the same time an unknown number of assailants opened fire on police and civilians from the city’s 874-year-old castle.
Police and security forces surrounded the castle and exchanged fire with the militants for several hours.
Four gunmen were killed at the castle, where police found large quantities of explosives, weapons and suicide belts.
The dead Canadian woman was named by CBC News as Linda Vatcher, 62, a retired teacher from Newfoundland who was visiting her son in the Middle East.
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