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AMMAN, July 23 (Xinhua) -- A Jordanian teen was killed and an Israeli staffer at the Israeli embassy in Amman was critically injured in a brawl inside the embassy on Sunday, Al Ghad daily newspaper reported.
The Jordanian, 17, was shot twice in the shoulders and the Israeli staffer was critically stabbed in the chest, it said, citing security sources.
Police closed the areas surrounding the embassy and was in search of the Jordanian's car in front of the embassy.
On Friday, demonstrations across Jordan called for severing ties with Israel and closing off the Israeli embassy in Amman over Israeli escalation in Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Jordan was the second Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel in 1994. Enditem
