Jordanian police officer shoots 4 dead, including 2 Americans

State news agency Petra says two Americans and four Jordanians also wounded in shooting

The Associated Press Posted: Nov 09, 2015 8:41 AM ET Last Updated: Nov 09, 2015 12:33 PM ET

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jordan-police-americans-shot-killed-1.3310341

A Jordanian Policeman opened fire on 4 trainers in a police compound killing 2 Americans, 1 South American and 1 Jordanian. The assailant also wounded 5 more people, with 2 being American. The officers in the compound were part of a State Department training program and consisted mostly of civilians with none being identified by the public media. The Jordanian killed during the attack was a civilian working in the compound. The center itself was created back in 2003 and has helped train over 53,000 police men to try and enforce law in the area. The US has military presence in the area due to the threat of extremism in the neighboring countries. They are worried about "revenge attacks" that may happen on Jordanian soil. The American troops stationed in the area have suffered attacks like this before from other police officers and troops they thought they supposedly could trust. Sadly, this is becoming more and more normal.

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My opinion.

I think that the death of these different soldiers show just how sporadic the area truly is. I think that they (US, Canada, other countries) should try harder and invest more resources into trying to counter the threat. With more and more people joining ISIS or other terrorism groups, threats like this would just increase in strength. I think with more resources invested, we could end this quicker with less unnecessary deaths like these.