Arrests after Libyan cadets torch Jordanian police academy

11 July 2012, 23:36 (GMT+05:00)

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Jordanian authorities arrested dozens of Libyans on Wednesday for allegedly torching several facilities at a police academy in Amman, dpa reported.

According to the state-run, Petra News Agency, police officials arrested over 100 Libyan police cadets for setting fire to parts of the Jordanian International Police Training Centre in protest over a delay in their return flight to their home country.

The cadets were part of a group of 2,500 members of Libyan security services currently being trained in Jordan - the first batch of some 10,000 to be trained at the facility over the next two years.

Jordan has become regional a hub for military and police training, hosting and training some 53,000 Iraqi and 8,000 Palestinian officers over the past decade.