Jordanian officer killed in stabbing attack in Amman

On November 3, 2026, an assailant attacked and fatally stabbed a Jordanian security officer near the Sri Lankan Embassy in Amman, Jordan’s capital, which Jordanian authorities classified as a terrorist act. The injured attacker was also hospitalized after being apprehended by another security officer who sustained injuries during the confrontation. State media reported that the suspect had planned to target security personnel. This incident occurred less than two weeks after a church funeral shooting in Karak that killed nine people and wounded 40, marking it as one of the rare attacks on Jordan’s Christian minority community.