A senior police officer has been killed in clashes with demonstrators in the southern Jordanian city of Maan during protests over high fuel prices that spread to several cities across the kingdom, police and witnesses said.
In a statement, police said the officer was shot in the head late on Thursday while dealing with “rioting” by a group of outlaws in the city that has in the past seen bouts of civil unrest over fuel price hikes and cuts to subsidies.
