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Gunfire killed a senior Jordanian officer and wounded two other police in the country's south, where protesters have taken to the streets for days against rising fuel prices, authorities said on Friday.
Colonel Abdul Razzaq Dalabeh, the deputy police chief of Maan province, was shot in the head on Thursday while officers tried to "calm down riots" in the southern town of Al-Husseiniya, the Public Security Directorate (PSD) said in a statement.
A separate statement said an officer and a non-commissioned officer "were shot while calming down 'saboteurs' who had staged riots", also in Al-Husseiniya.
Several provinces in the south of Jordan have seen strikes over the past few days. Truck drivers were the first to take action, followed by taxi drivers and then merchants, who closed their premises on Wednesday to protest higher fuel prices.
In some areas the demonstrators blocked roads with burning tyres or scuffled with security officers.
The PSD said that it protects freedom of opinion and peaceful expression but would use "appropriate" force against rioters and vandals.
"We will strike with an iron fist anyone who attempts to attack lives and public property and threatens the security of the homeland and the citizen," it said.
Fuel prices in Jordan have nearly doubled compared with a year earlier, particularly the diesel used by trucks and buses, and kerosene for heating.
The government has proposed relief measures including financial aid for the most-affected families.
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