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Two protesters shot in Jordan

Arab World Materials 13 February 2011 21:53 (UTC +04:00)
Shots have been fired after the Jordanian military clashed with thousands of protesters in Amman, leaving at least two civilians injured, PressTV reported.
Two protesters shot in Jordan

Shots have been fired after the Jordanian military clashed with thousands of protesters in Amman, leaving at least two civilians injured, PressTV reported.

The casualties were caused on Sunday in the capital, after a military Royal Guard bus tried to disperse demonstrators.

"Two demonstrators were slightly injured," deputy Musa Zawahrah was quoted by AFP as saying.

Thousands of Jordanians took to the streets in Amman over a land dispute.

King Abdullah II "immediately dispatched his adviser on tribal affairs, Sharif Fawwaz Zabn, who told members of the two tribes that a royal decree will be issued returning the land to the people," Zawahrah said.

The two tribes of Zawahrah and Khalailah were authorized by the government in 1952 to use a 2,500-hectare (6,177-acre) piece of land. Later, however, "the government acquired chunks of the land for its employees, Zarqa university and the Jordan Press Association," Zawahrah charged.

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