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Two policemen killed in shooting in in N. Jordan

AMMAN, Dec 1 (KUNA) -- Two Jordanian policemen were killed in an attack targeting their patrol in Jordan's northern Irbid province, a security spokesman said on Tuesday.
An intensive investigating is underway following the deadly attack on a police patrol which claimed the lives of two security personnel, Spokesman for the Public Security Department (PSD) Col. Amer Al-Sartawi said in a statement.
The PSD said a police patrol on duty came under heavy fire in the northern region of Irbid governorate, hitting the commanding officer of the patrol whose rank is Captain and the Corporal driver and forcing the vehicle to veer and overturn.
Jordanian medics rushed to the scene and ferried the two policemen to a nearby hospital but died of their wounds, it added. (end) mjb.mt