Balqa toll reaches 5 as Jordanian officer dies

Another Jordanian security officer on Saturday (February 23rd) succumbed to wounds sustained from the Balqa explosion of February 14th, raising the death toll from the incident to five, the Jordan Times reported.

Minister of State for Media Affairs and government spokesman Jumana Ghunaimat announced that 2nd Lt. Omar Ahmed Rahamneh of the Public Security Department (PSD) explosives unit was injured earlier this month along with seven other officers in two consecutive explosions.

The blasts took place in a deserted area in the Wadi al-Azraq area of Balqa governorate, west of Amman, killing three people, the Jordanian news agency, Petra, reported.

Maj. Saeed Deeb of the General Intelligence Department, who was also among the injured, succumbed to his injuries on Thursday.

The first explosion was reported at 11:55 a.m. on February 14th, after which specialised security agencies responded immediately to the scene, where citizen Abdul Sattar Shurafa was found dead.

The second explosion took place as security personnel were investigating the scene, claiming the lives of PSD officer 1st Lt. Ahmad Jaloudi and Warrant Officer Musab Otoum of the GID.

Specialised security teams scanning the Wadi al-Azraq area after the explosions found locally-made explosives buried underground that match those used by the terror cell that implemented the al-Fuheis and Salt attacks last August.

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