Truck driver charged with murder in stabbing case

AMMAN — A 28-year-old truck driver was charged on Thursday with the premeditated murder of a man whose body was found in a dumpster in Naour a day earlier.

The suspect reportedly confessed to stabbing the 33-year-old victim with a switchblade on Wednesday evening following an argument at the dumpster, which belonged to the victim, a senior official source said.

The suspect told investigators that he had an argument with the victim over dumping waste on his land, the source told The Jordan Times.

As the argument became heated, the suspect reportedly “grabbed a switchblade from his truck and stabbed the victim in the abdomen and fled”, according to the source.

The victim was rushed to a nearby hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival because of the stab wound that penetrated his heart, a second source told The Jordan Times.

The police apprehended the suspect on Thursday, the source said, without elaborating on how they located him.

Criminal Court Prosecutor Omar Hiari charged the suspect with premeditated murder and issued orders for him to be detained at a correctional and rehabilitation centre pending further investigation into the case.