Jordan says 3 police officers killed amid unrest over fuel prices

Three officers were killed and five others injured as police forces hunted a man suspected of killing a police colonel last week.
Jordanian security forces deploy their armoured vehicles in the southern city of Maan, some 220 kms south of the capital Amman, on December 16, 2022 hours after a senior police officer was shot dead in riots during a strike against rising fuel prices in the area. (Photo by KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images)
Jordanian security forces deploy in armored vehicles in the southern city of Maan, south of the capital Amman, on Dec. 16, 2022, hours after a senior police officer was shot dead in riots during a strike against rising fuel prices in the area. - KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images
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Jordanian police said on Monday that three officers and a suspect were killed in a shootout in the southern city of Maan as protests spread across Jordan over fuel prices. 

The shootout, which led to the injury of five additional officers, took place during a raid as police searched for a man suspected of killing another officer last week.

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