A video circulated on social media platforms on Saturday, August 24, 2019, showing a man firing live bullets at the gendarmerie in Ramtha district of Irbid during protests organized against the government's new amendments on the smuggling law.

The video shows an unknown and masked person using a machine gun and firing live bullets at the gendarmerie.

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Government issues statement following Ramtha riots

Agreement reached to stop all forms of protest, escalation in Ramtha

Riots, protests take place in Ramtha for the second day in a row