Six tourists wounded in Amman by unknown assailant

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Jul 16, 2008, 22:53 GMT

Amman- Six tourists were wounded when a suicide gunman opened fire at a concert near the Roman Amphitheatre Wednesday night in downtown Amman, security sources said. The attacker was killed when he turned the gun on himself, the sources said. The mostly Lebanese victims, who were rushed to nearby hospitals, were attending a concert by a Lebanese orchestra. The motives of the attack were not immediately known.

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