Ammon News - AMMONNEWS — Security forces dispersed employees of the Aqaba Ports Corporation (APC) taking part in a demonstration near the port's main gate.

Some of the demonstrators were beaten with batons and taken to hospital as the police chased down employees who fled the scene and hid in the main market in Aqaba.

Sources told Ammonnews that the police dispersed the crowds as a European delegation was scheduled to visit the APC. Thus, they did not want the delegation to see the protesting employees.

Over 400 APC employees are currently gathered near Princess Haya Military Hospital to check on the health of their colleagues, who were beaten by police, in particular one employee who suffered a stroke and another who sustained a severe injury to the head.

Names of wounded APC employees:

Ahed Alawneh
Mohammad Khalil Tarawneh
Zakaryya Abdel Rahim Khraisha
Kayed Nae’em Mughrabi
Sultan Zuhair Farahid
Anas Mohammad Salameh
Oqab Mustafa Fayyoumi
Ali Awadh Farraieh
Yasser Enad Shammary
Mohammad Salameh Badaineh
Odeh Ali Btoush

Names of arrested APC employees:

Abdul Hadi Rajeh
Khalid Tarawneh
Ayman Saudi
Mohammad Btoush
Ghaith Shboul
Mouammar Rawashdeh
Ibrahim Marafi
Atef Btoush