AKIPRESS.COM - A Jordanian police officer on Monday killed five contractors working with the Public Security Department, and injured six people before he was killed, according to Government Spokesperson Mohammad Momani.

Two US nationals, two Jordanians and one South African were among the victims, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The shooter, identified by a relative as Captain Anwar Abu Zaid, also injured two other US contractors, three Jordanian police officers, and one Lebanese lieutenant, Momani said in a statement carried by Petra.

PSD personnel dealt with the incident, which took place at a police training facility in east Amman, and killed the shooter, Momani said, adding that an investigation is under way.

The 28-year-old shooter was from the village of Rimoun, in the northern Governorate of Jerash, a relative of his told The Jordan Times.

Abu Zaid was a graduate of the military branch of Mutah University, according to the relative, who preferred to remain unnamed.

He is survived by his wife and two children –– a boy and a girl –– said the source, adding that Abu Zaid was known among residents of the village as “a very kind person, who was religious but moderate”.