Israeli guards shot and killed a Jordanian judge on Monday who the Israelis said tried to grab a rifle from a soldier at the border crossing between the West Bank and Jordan.
The shooting took place at the Allenby crossing as the man was going from Jordan into the West Bank, the Israeli army said. The man was initially identified only as a Palestinian but a Jordanian judicial official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media, later confirmed that he was a judge working in Amman since 2009.
The killed man was identified as magistrate Raed Zueter. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the incident was under investigation and that it appeared to have nationalistic motives. The crossing was temporarily closed, Rosenfeld added. Shootings at the Allenby crossing on the West Bank-Jordan border are rare. Israel and Jordan signed a peace agreement 20 years ago and have close security ties. AP