The Minister of State for Media Affairs, Faisal Shboul, Monday announced that Prime Minister Bishr Khasawneh had directed Interior Minister Mazen Faraya to lead a fact-finding committee o to investigate the Aqaba port explosion incident.
Shboul noted in statement that the number of fatalities that resulted from the Aqaba port explosion today had risen to 10.
He urged Jordanians not to gather in the scene of the explosion, adding that medical reinforcements were sent to Aqaba to assist the overwhelmed hospitals.
SOURCE: JORDAN NEWS AGENCY