JAF officer dies in Missouri floods

AMMAN — Maj. Akram Abu Al Rob died recently when a vehicle transporting him along with two Egyptians and a Malaysian was swept in the floods in Missouri, the US, according to a Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) statement released Monday.

The JAF statement quoted a military source as saying that Abu Al Rob was in the US to participate in a workshop. The army expressed its condolences to the officer’s family.