AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordanian security forces killed several Islamist militants and one police officer was also shot dead during a manhunt on Tuesday that involved hundreds of troops in the northern city of Irbid, near the border with Syria, security sources said.
Riot police and special forces took part in the operation, which a security official described as one of the largest sweeps against sleeper cells of sympathisers of hardline Islamist groups in recent years.
