Mashar pledged that the perpetrator “will get his fair punishment”
AMMAN,
October 28 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - A U.S. embassy employee
was killed Monday, October 28, in the Jordanian capital, Jordanian
Information Minister Mohammad Adwan said.
“The
American citizen has been identified as Lawrence Foley, an employee of
USAID,” the United States Agency for International Development, Adwan
told Agence France-Presse (AFP).
“An
unidentified gunman fired at him, killing him on the spot as he prepared
to leave his home (in western Amman) early this morning to go to
work,” the minister added.
Describing
it as a “criminal and treacherous assassination”, Adwan said the
killing “regardless of its motives is an attack against Jordan and its
national security.”
He
said that the authorities had immediately launched an investigation, and
pledged that the perpetrator “will get his fair punishment.”
Speaking
to Qatari satellite channel, Al-Jazeera, Sameh Al-Maeta, editor of the
Al Arab Al Youm newspaper, said that it is too early to speculate on the
reasons behind the murder, and that the murderer may be either
personally or politically motivated.
Earlier
in October, shots were fired from two unidentified civilian vehicles at
U.S. troops near a northern Kuwait training area, causing no injuries,
the U.S. embassy in Kuwait said.
That
was the third shooting incident in less than a week involving US forces
in Kuwait.
Earlier
this month, a U.S. marine was killed and another injured when attacked
by two Kuwaitis while conducting war games on Failaka island, 20
kilometers (12 miles) east of Kuwait City. The two assailants were also
gunned down.
And
in another incident, U.S. forces opened fire on a vehicle whose
occupants “drew a weapon and pointed it at” U.S. troops in a Humvee
all-terrain vehicle who were heading to their training area north of
Kuwait City.
