One American diplomat was wounded in armed attack in Jordan

Jordanian diplomatic sources and officials said that an American employee was slightly wounded after unidentified persons opened fire on him yesterday late night while he was shopping in one of the nearby trade centers in a hotel in Amman.

Western diplomats said the attack took place when a car approached the American and an unidentified man riding the car opened fire at him and hit him in the ear.

A spokesman for the embassy confirmed the news and said the situation of the employee is not dangerous.

Another western diplomat said that the American official was exposed to the attack near Royal hotel in Amman.

In October, 2002 an American diplomat was assassinated in front of his house in Amman in the first assassination incident against a western diplomat in Jordan.