- Title: Father of Jordanian killed near Israeli embassy demands investigation details
- Date: 24th July 2017
- Summary: AMMAN, JORDAN (JULY 24, 2017) (REUTERS) PEOPLE GATHERING INSIDE A TENT ZAKRIA JAWAWDAH (CENTRE), FATHER OF JORDANIAN WHO WAS KILLED IN COMPOUND OF ISRAELI EMBASSY, TALKING WITH ANOTHER MAN JAWAWDAH STANDING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) FATHER OF JORDANIAN KILLED IN COMPOUND OF ISRAELI EMBASSY, ZAKRIA JAWAWDAH, SAYING: "First of all, my son's age does not exceed 16 years and he was still young. My son is not a trouble-maker or a terrorist and he does not belong to any specific parties such as political parties or anything else. He is an employee who went to do his job and he was with the driver to finish their job and go back home. They stayed home for between one hour and a half or two hours, they then went out, through a specific inspection checkpoint and they were unarmed." JAWAWDAH CRYING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) FATHER OF JORDANIAN KILLED IN COMPOUND OF ISRAELI EMBASSY, ZAKRIA JAWAWDAH, SAYING: "I call for the whole situation to go through government and I want to learn about the investigation and know what happened and what led to the killing of my son, if he was killed or anything else. I call on His Majesty (King Abdullah) to take me into consideration and consider him as his son and lead me to what happened to my son." PEOPLE INSIDE TENT JAWAWDAH STANDING AMID PEOPLE, DABBING HIS EYES
- Embargoed: 7th August 2017 09:31
- Keywords: Jordanian killed near Israeli embassy Zakria Jawawdah speaking of son investigation of killed Jordanian
- Location: AMMAN, JORDAN
- City: AMMAN, JORDAN
- Country: Jordan
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA0016R2TNWN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The father of a teenager who was killed during a shooting in the compound of the Israeli embassy in Amman demanded more information on Monday (July 24) on the official investigation into his death.
Zakria Jawawdah told Reuters that his 16-year-old son, Mohammad Jawawdah, was not a trouble-maker and had not belonged to any groups or political parties, and demanded to know why the boy had been killed.
Two Jordanians died from wounds inflicted during a shooting on Sunday (July 23) in the compound of the heavily-guarded Israeli embassy that also wounded an Israeli, police and a security source said. Jordanian police said after Sunday's shooting that they sealed off the embassy compound and deployed dozens of anti-terrorism forces.
The fortress-like embassy in the affluent Rabae district of the capital Amman is protected by Jordanian gendarme. It has long been a flashpoint of anti-Israeli protests at times of turmoil in the Palestinian territories. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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