Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Soraya Salti, 44, and her sister Jumana, 37, were successful in business. Soraya spearheaded Injaz Al Arab, which promoted entrepreneurship throughout the Arab world and Jumana was a director at Pricewaterhousecoopers in the UAE , The West Australian published.
Jordanian authorities have issued a statement said there was no suspicion of foul play in the sisters' deaths.
The Jordan Times reports a forensic report said the cause of death was severe multiple trauma consistent with falling from a great height and crashing onto a solid surface.
The sisters' bodies were discovered by a watchman.
Police said there was no criminality involved in the sisters' deaths.
Local media reported that a note addressed to the sisters' parents had been found near the bodies and that the handwriting was that of one of the sisters.
Newsjs.com reported the sisters had spent the day at a sports club in an Amman suburb.
Despite the official response to their deaths, some Jordanians believe the sisters were murdered.
The ibtimes.com reports a former Jordanian foreign minister and deputy prime minister Marwan Muasher said" “I find it difficult to believe that they have committed suicide.
“I knew both and they were full of life and loved life. I was Jumana’s basketball coach when she was 8," he wrote on his Facebook page.
Jordanian journalist Raed Omari said the sisters never had shown symptoms of depression.
Friends paid tribute to the pair.
Samar Dudin told the national he was devastated by their deaths.
“Soraya was one of the most optimistic, energetic and forward-thinking people you could ever meet, it’s a tragic loss for her family and the whole of Jordan," she said.
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