Palestinian intelligence official, killed, Syrian film maker al-Aqqad injured, his daughter killed in Amman's explosions
Jordan-Regional, Politics, 11/10/2005

Security and media sources in Amman said that the Palestinian intelligence department official in the West Bank, Maj. Gen. Bashir Nafe, who was in the al-Hayat Grand hotel is among the persons killed in the explosion.

The spokesman for the Palestinian embassy in Amman, Ata al-Khaieir, said that Maj. Gen. Nafe ( in his fifties ) was not in a mission but stopped in Amman on his way to the Palestinian territories on Thursday morning.

The World- renowned Syrian film maker Mustafa al-Aqqad( 68 year old) was also injured while his daughter Rima was killed in Hayat Grand hotel. Family relatives said al-Aqqad was strongly wounded in his neck and lost much of his blood but still he is not in a critical condition.

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