100 wounded in Jordanian march in support of Palestine

Bloody confrontations lasted for 4 hours near king Hussein's bridge.

Nearly 100 persons were wounded among whom are 12 from the Jordanian police members in confrontations yesterday when nearly 10,000 persons tried to reach king Hussein bridge which links Jordan with the West Bank to express their solidarity with the Palestinian people against the Israeli assaults and under the banner of the "return rally march" .

The police used the tear gas and water hoses as well as sticks to ban the participants from heading to the bridge nearly 3 kilometers from the march location.

13 opposition parties participated in organizing the march in addition to the vocational syndicates.

Official sources referred to the detention of 46 demonstrators during the confrontation which lasted for 4 hours assuring they were later released.