Israel apologizes for killing of two Jordanians at embassy: Jordan
AMMAN, (MILLAT ONLINE)::Jordan has said that Israel officially apologized for the killing last year of two Jordanian citizens by security guards at the Israeli embassy in Amman in an unclear incident that led to the shutdown of the diplomatic facility and tension between the two countries, ANSA reported here on Friday.
Government spokesman Mohammad al Momani was quoted by the news agency as saying that Israel sent a letter of apology, promising to ”continue to follow the issue” to investigate what happened.
Neither of the two countries provided an official explanation.
According to local media reports published on the same day as the killings, one of the two Jordanians stabbed an Israeli at the embassy and security guards fired in reaction.
According to Jordanian authorities, the two men went into the embassy because they had to carry out work on behalf of a
furniture company.
A Jordanian government spokesman said Israeli authorities sent a letter of apology to Jordan after paying money to the
families of the two men who were killed as compensation.