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JordanProtesters arrested after protesting fuel price hike
The authorities have announced the arrest of 44 people who took part in the protests. The investigation into the murder of a colonel in a mobilized province is also continuing.
Bus drivers are among the protesters. Here they claim “dignity” in Arabic.
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Jordanian authorities announced on Saturday the arrest of 44 people for participating in protests against rising fuel prices in the kingdom. “44 people who participated in the riots in a number of regions of the kingdom have been arrested and they will be brought to justice,” said a statement from the public security department.
The leadership says it has intensified the deployment of law enforcement in the governorates of the kingdom to ensure the maintenance of security, again accusing “groups of vandals and outlaws” of having carried out the riots in the kingdom. Maan governorate.
Murder of a colonel
The public security department also indicated that the investigation into the murder of a colonel was continuing. It is in the same province in the south of the kingdom that a senior police official, Colonel Abdelrazzak Aldalabih, was shot and killed on Friday during demonstrations, according to the authorities.
The investigation into this murder “will not stop until the author is arrested and brought to justice,” said the statement from Jordanian security on Saturday. King Abdullah II said the day before that a firm response would be given to “anyone who uses a weapon against the state”.
The strikes and demonstrations began more than a week ago with a movement of truck drivers, followed by taxi drivers, and affected several provinces in the south of the country. Protesters sometimes blocked roads with burning tires and scuffles pitted them against security forces. Fuel prices have almost doubled in Jordan compared to last year, especially those of diesel, generally used by trucks and buses, and kerosene, the main heating fuel.
(AFP)