Jordanian officer killed in stabbing attack in Amman

A Jordanian security officer has been killed in a stabbing attack in Amman. Another officer was wounded. The attack happened near the Sri Lankan embassy in the Jordanian capital. Jordanian authorities said they are treating the case as a terror attack. Al Jazeera's video report shows the area around the embassy and the security response that followed. It is a short newsfeed clip of less than a minute.

Jordan is a close ally of the United States and hosts a large number of refugees from neighbouring conflicts. Its security services say they have broken up many planned attacks in recent years. Embassies and government buildings in Amman are heavily guarded, and armed police are a common sight in the diplomatic quarter. Attacks in the kingdom are rare, but they have happened before and usually draw a fast, heavy response.

It shows how quickly a single stabbing can become a security and political crisis in a country that is a key Western partner in the region.