Investigations of the acts of riots in Maan
Jordan, Politics, 1/23/2002

An official statement released by the Jordanian ministry of the Interior on Tuesday announced that a commission for investigation in the riot incidents that took place on Monday in the city of Maan.

The statement explained that after a fight and clashes erupted in one of the city's quarters on Monday, the police arrested a young man ( 17 year old) to interrogate him and it was found out that he was so tired that he was immediately admitted to the state run hospital in the city and then he died.

The statement said that after that a group of the city's people at the evening went into the security center and started to open fire and throw at the center, the cars and the passerby stones and this resulted in one of the security men being hit.

The statement by the ministry of the Interior added that the security forces dealt with the events with great care and controlled the situation and then an investigation commission was formed and these investigations still continue in the implications of this incident.

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