Jordanian youths on Monday attacked King Abdullah II’s motorcade with stones as he visited the southern city of Tafileh, a security official said, but the government immediately denied the incident. “Part of the king’s motorcade was attacked with stones and empty bottles by a group of men in their 20s and 30s after the king’s car entered Tafileh,” the official said.
“Nobody was hurt and the motorcade changed its route.” He added, without elaborating, that police “tackled the infiltrators and made arrests.”
A palace source confirmed that members of the Royal Guard who accompanied the king were not hurt.
But government spokesman Taher Adwan denied the incident had taken place, telling AFP that “the motorcade of his majesty the king was not attacked.”
