‘Search under way for killers of Egyptian farm guard’

AMMAN — Police on Saturday said they were searching for suspects who reportedly murdered an Egyptian guard working at a farm in Madaba earlier in the day.

A relative of the farm owner found the 28-year-old victim, a senior judicial source said.

"Coroners at the scene determined that the victim was shot a few hours before he was found at 4am," a medical source said.

Public Security Department Spokesperson Lt. Col. Amer Sartawi told The Jordan Times that it was likely that more than one person was involved in the incident.

"There were reports that 11 gas cylinders were stolen from the farm, which means that most probably more than one person was involved in the robbery and murder," Sartawi said.

Pathologists Issa Gheishan and Seif Hamarneh performed an autopsy on the victim on Saturday and determined that he was shot twice in the head and chest, the medical source told The Jordan Times.

"One bullet penetrated the heart and exited his chest, while the second bullet remained in his skull," the medical source explained.

The pathologists had to X-ray the skull to locate the bullet and after it was extracted, "it was sent to the crime lab along with other samples for analysis and match," the source added,

 "We still do not have any suspects and will wait for criminal lab results on ballistic matches and other evidence to learn more about the incident," Sartawi said.