Security forces gather near a damaged building at the city of Salt, Jordan
Suspects in last week’s attack on a police patrol in Jordan support the Daesh terrorist group, the country’s interior minister said Monday.
“Members of the terrorist cell are Jordanians,” Samir Mbeideen told a press conference in Amman.
He said the militants, however, had no proven links with Daesh or any extremist groups abroad.
“Investigations with the detainees are ongoing and revealed other plots for carrying out a series of terrorist attacks,” the minister said.
"The terrorist cell is not organized, but they carry an extremist ideology and they support Daesh," he added.
Government spokeswoman Jumana Ghuneimat, for her part, said Jordan was engaged in a battle against terrorism.
On Friday, a policeman was killed and six security personnel were injured in a bomb blast in the town of Fuheis, west of the capital Amman.
The following day, security forces raided a suspected militant hideout in the town of as-Salt near Amman, during which three militants and four security personnel were killed.
Jordanian security forces have detained five militants as part of an ongoing manhunt for suspects of a bombing attack that killed a policeman on Friday, according to a government spokeswoman. “Five terrorists are currently in custody of security forces,” Jumana Ghuneimat said in a statement on Sunday.A policeman was killed and six security personnel were injured in a bombing attack in the town of Fuheis, west of the capital Amman, on Friday.Jordanian authorities said the attack was caused by an explosive device planted under a police patrol in the town.No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.On Saturday, Jordanian security forces raided a suspected militant hideout in the town of as-Salt near Amman as part of the manhunt for suspects in Friday’s attack. “The operation is still ongoing with thoughtful steps to make sure that no civilians are threatened by the suspects,” Ghuneimat said. The spokeswoman, meanwhile, said a fourth security man has been killed during the raid, without giving further details.Jordan says explosive device behind blast that killed policemanHead of Jordan’s Islamic Action Front passes away at 62Turkish students volunteer in Jordan
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Jordanian police said on Saturday investigations showed a home made explosive device planted near a police van was behind a blast that killed one policeman and injured six others the day before.Police said on Friday a gas canister stored in the van was behind the blast near a gendarmerie parking lot close to the site of a music festival in the town of Fuheis outside Amman."This cowardly act will only increase the determination to do our job to protect people," the interior ministry statement said.Such incidents are rare, but radical Islamists have long targeted Jordan, a tightly policed country that is also a staunch regional ally of the United States and signed a peace treaty with Israel. 
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Mohammed Awad al-Zyoud, the head of Jordan’s Islamic Action Front (IAF), has passed away at the age of 62, al-Zyoud’s son said Friday on Facebook.Established in 1992, the IAF is the political arm of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood.Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood-linked Al-Yarmouk television channel confirmed al-Zyoud’s death later on Friday.Local media had reported earlier that al-Zyoud’s health condition had recently deteriorated dramatically amid an ongoing struggle with cancer.On May 1, the IAF re-elected al-Zyoud as the group’s secretary-general for a second consecutive four-year term.
Head of Jordan’s Islamic Action Front passes away at 62