Roads blocked in Irbid riots, following hit and run accident

Jordan

Published: 2017-11-16 20:29

Last Updated: 2024-03-28 17:01


Riots have been going on for two days. (Roya)
Riots have been going on for two days. (Roya)

Angry residents blocked roads in the northern Al Mazar district of Irbid province on Thursday for the second day running, after a young man died of wounds sustained in an accident from an unknown vehicle on Tuesday evening

A security source said that, according to eyewitnesses accounts, the 18-year-old man was hit by an unidentified vehicle with no number plates. He was taken to hospital, where he died, wednesday morning.

Police are currently searching for the suspects, who were reportedly trying to steal sheep before the accident happy.