Man being questioned in shooting death of fiancée

AMMAN — Police on Sunday were questioning a man who reportedly shot and killed his fiancée on Saturday.

The 18-year-old woman was reportedly shot twice, allegedly by her fiancé, at his home, a senior official source said.

“One bullet struck her in the head and she was killed instantly,” the source told The Jordan Times.

The suspect then headed to a nearby police station and turned himself in, handing over the weapon purportedly used in the incident to officers on duty, the source added.

Initial questioning of the suspect indicated that he had an argument with the victim “over seeing her talking to some men in the neighbourhood a month earlier”.

“The argument ended with the suspect pulling a gun and shooting his fiancée,” the source explained.

Pathologists Azzam Haddad and Hussein Abul Sammen performed an autopsy on the victim and concluded that she died of a single bullet wound to the head, a second source said.

The pathologists also concluded that the victim was not sexually active at the time of the incident, the second source told The Jordan Times.

The suspect was ordered detained at a correctional and rehabilitation centre pending further investigation and questioning of more relatives, the source said.