Jordanians staged sit-ins on Friday and activists called for more protests against fuel price increases that have caused the cost of living to rise, a day after riots in the southern city of Maan left one police officer dead, witnesses and security sources have said.
The authorities said the policeman was killed on Thursday night by a gunshot fired by an unidentified individual when armed officers entered a neighbourhood of Maan to quell riots. Youths had attacked government property in the city, witnesses said.
