Police corporal in critical condition after shooting incident

By Petra - Feb 12,2014 - Last updated at Feb 12,2014

AMMAN — A police corporal was in critical condition after a gunfire exchange on Tuesday evening between Public Security Department (PSD) personnel and a “wanted criminal” in Ramtha, the PSD said on Wednesday.

A Ramtha police patrol unit was chasing a vehicle carrying a number of people, including the “wanted criminal” who used his weapon to shoot at the police.

The injured corporal was flown by helicopter to Al Hussein Medical Centre, and the unit managed to detain the shooter, who is “wanted in four cases”.

He is currently being questioned, the PSD said.

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