Just like the good days experienced by Jordanians, the year 2022 has witnessed sad days and unfortunate issues that have raised the Jordanian public opinion for days and shook the feelings and consciences of Jordanians.
These moments will be immortalized in Jordanian memory for their tragedy and gravity, the latest of which was a few days ago when Jordan lost 4 public security men following protests against fuel price hike in Jordan , where one of the people with takfiri ideology opened fire on 3 security men who had come out to arrest Colonel Abd al-Razzaq al-Dalabeh who had fought in al-Husayniyyah district in Ma’an, so that they all died .
University student Iman Irsheed
The Jordanian governorates shared the bodies of the four security men in the presence of a crowd and great tears, which ended the year 2022 for Jordanians with grief and tears.
• Drug smuggling from Syria
On the Jordanian-Syrian border, drug smuggling operations have intensified and the most notable of these operations, in the first month of 2022, led to the killing of a Jordanian armed forces captain and the wounding of three others.
mid-year; Jordanian authorities have stepped up their campaign against drug smuggling and trade, tackling infiltration and smuggling in the kingdom’s border areas with Syria and monitoring storage and distribution centers within its territory through raids and arrests.
The commander of the Eastern Military Region, Brigadier General Naji Al-Manasir, said, “The change in the rules of engagement in force in the armed forces means that the army strikes with an iron fist to kill anyone who dares to approach the borders of Jordan”.
• The killing of a university student
The case of the killing of university student Iman Irsheed, hit by a person inside the University of Applied Sciences in the Jordanian capital, Amman, was one of the saddest and most controversial topics that aroused the interest and sympathy of Jordanians for the year 2022.
The crime took place on 23-6-2022, killing a girl inside the University of Applied Sciences after someone had shot at her.
And the Jordanian authorities have announced that the person accused of killing the student of the University of Applied Sciences, Iman Irsheed, shot himself while surrounded by security services.
• Accident at the port of Aqaba
On June 27, grief gripped the southern Jordanian city of Aqaba after a tank containing toxic chlorine gas went down while trying to transport it to the port of Aqaba, killing 13 and injuring over 200.
The incident shocked all of Jordan, from north to south, for the suspicious scenes shown by surveillance cameras when the tank fell and exploded, and the dock workers jumped into the sea, so much so that the port of Aqaba recorded a black day in its history.
• Al-Weibdeh Building
Among the sad events that Jordan experienced in the year 2022 was September 13, when residents of the Jordanian capital, Amman, suffered a sudden collapse of a residential building consisting of 6 apartments on a house land, which has resulted in the death of 14 people, and the injury of 9 others, as the rescue operations continued for more than 72 hours.
Sadness and tears turned into joy and hope when the rescue teams extracted the child, “Malak”, after having remained under dozens of tons of stones and rubble for almost 30 hours, with the great commitment of the civil protection men.
• Truck strike
With the government raising the prices of oil derivatives for the eighth time in a year and the prime minister’s statements that the government cannot afford the luxury of subsidizing fuel, 4-12-2022 is a strike by freight vehicle drivers has begun, which has spread to include most means of transport, in most of the governorates of the Kingdom.
• The death of 5 brothers in a house fire
On 19 August, Jordanians were shocked by the death of lawyer Ahmed Al-Daajah’s five children, following a fire in their home in Rusaifa.
Al-Da’ja mourned his sons, saying, “The fate of God and whatever He wills, O God, there is no objection.” All five of my livers – Salman, Sultan, Aryam, Reem and Malak – are under God’s protection Oh God, I ask you for patience and comfort.
Specific crimes
In terms of social blood crimes; In the year 2022, Jordan recorded specific crimes that sparked widespread controversy, and the month of July was its bloodiest, recording four family crimes in which seven lives were lost, as the first crime occurred on the fifth of it in Ramtha district, after two girls were subjected to violence and beatings with a sharp object by their father, which resulted in their death and burial near the house.
The second was in Ajloun Governorate, where a man in his 70s shot his two sons over financial disputes. The third crime occurred in the governorate of Al-Balqa, when a young man in his twenties killed his sister with a gunshot, following an argument between them. The fourth crime claimed the lives of a boy and girl in the capital, Amman. A report was received at the East Amman Police Directorate stating that a husband had strangled his wife and two children (6 and 8 years old).
A woman also killed her son-in-law and burned his body, due to family quarrels. A woman in her 50s was killed after being stabbed multiple times in a theft: a suspect stabbed her under the pretext of theft in Ramtha district of Irbid, and a husband in Jerash killed his wife and child after killing them.
In a crime that is considered one of the most heinous family murders; A husband set his house on fire and burned himself, instantly killing his three children.
A child also ended his life with a gun by shooting himself with his father’s weapon in the capital, Amman.
