Petra News Agency
Friday, August 19, 2005
Statement By Jordanian
Official Source
Amman, Aug. 19 (Petra) -- A Jordanian official source stated the following:
Three katyusha rockets were fired about 8:30 am Friday 19/8/2005, from a
warehouse in Aqaba area where the first hit a warehouse for the Jordan Armed
Forces in the port and resulted in martyring the Jordanian soldier Ahmad Jamal
Najdawi and wounding another, and the second exploded near the military hospital
where the third exploded in Eilat area in Israel.
First-hand investigations pointed that the warehouse was rented few days ago by
four persons carrying the Iraqi and Egyptian nationalities.
Upon directives from His Majesty King Abdullah II, HRH Prince Hashem Ben Al
Hussein the Regent, accompanied by a number of security officials arrived in
Aqaba to follow up the incident.