Hussein University to reopen Sunday, weeks after deadly campus clashes
AMMONNEWS - Al Hussein Bin Talal University will resume classes next week, more than three weeks after deadly student clashes and riots left four killed and dozens injured on campus.
Ma'an governor Abdul Karim Rawajfa announced on Tuesday that the university will reopen and resume classes next Sunday, May 26.
He added that the decision to resume classes was taken after a meeting took place in Ma'an Monday evening with the attendance of senior security officials, tribal leaders and dignitaries.
Dozens of residents of the southern governorate of Ma'an on Monday protested in front of the governorate hall calling for re-opening Al Hussein bin Talal University, classes in which have been suspended since last month's deadly clashes on campus that left 4 dead and dozens injured.
The university suspended classes since late April, when an 'open day' to celebrate the anniversary of the university's founding turned deadly when students clashed and were supplied with weapons from outside campus.
The clashes left four dead and dozens injured, including security personnel and university students, amid an alarmingly growing phenomenon of university and tribal violence in the kingdom, according to observers.
Minister of Interior Hussein Majali had said on Sunday that authorities would 'not risk causing any harm to university students, employees, or faculty' by reopening the campus amid continued tensions in the southern governorate over the proceedings of the investigation into the incident.
Members of the Hweitat tribe, which lost two of its members in late April's clashes, expressed dismay at what they considered government 'stalling' in finding and revealing the identity of the perpetrators of the university killings.
Despite major efforts by tribal leaders and state officials and lawmakers to contain repercussions of the incident, southern towns such as Al Husseiniya continued to witness road closures and riots.
A security source told Ammon News on Monday that the interstate highway that passes through Al Husseiniya district in Ma'an remains open, and denied reports that groups of young men are blocking the road to prevent students from reaching the university.
'The lives of students, academics, employees, and those who live in the area are more important to the government than any other issue right now,' Interior Minister Majali said, adding 'we are working day and night to overcome this problem.'
AMMONNEWS - Al Hussein Bin Talal University will resume classes next week, more than three weeks after deadly student clashes and riots left four killed and dozens injured on campus.
Ma'an governor Abdul Karim Rawajfa announced on Tuesday that the university will reopen and resume classes next Sunday, May 26.
He added that the decision to resume classes was taken after a meeting took place in Ma'an Monday evening with the attendance of senior security officials, tribal leaders and dignitaries.
Dozens of residents of the southern governorate of Ma'an on Monday protested in front of the governorate hall calling for re-opening Al Hussein bin Talal University, classes in which have been suspended since last month's deadly clashes on campus that left 4 dead and dozens injured.
The university suspended classes since late April, when an 'open day' to celebrate the anniversary of the university's founding turned deadly when students clashed and were supplied with weapons from outside campus.
The clashes left four dead and dozens injured, including security personnel and university students, amid an alarmingly growing phenomenon of university and tribal violence in the kingdom, according to observers.
Minister of Interior Hussein Majali had said on Sunday that authorities would 'not risk causing any harm to university students, employees, or faculty' by reopening the campus amid continued tensions in the southern governorate over the proceedings of the investigation into the incident.
Members of the Hweitat tribe, which lost two of its members in late April's clashes, expressed dismay at what they considered government 'stalling' in finding and revealing the identity of the perpetrators of the university killings.
Despite major efforts by tribal leaders and state officials and lawmakers to contain repercussions of the incident, southern towns such as Al Husseiniya continued to witness road closures and riots.
A security source told Ammon News on Monday that the interstate highway that passes through Al Husseiniya district in Ma'an remains open, and denied reports that groups of young men are blocking the road to prevent students from reaching the university.
'The lives of students, academics, employees, and those who live in the area are more important to the government than any other issue right now,' Interior Minister Majali said, adding 'we are working day and night to overcome this problem.'
AMMONNEWS - Al Hussein Bin Talal University will resume classes next week, more than three weeks after deadly student clashes and riots left four killed and dozens injured on campus.
Ma'an governor Abdul Karim Rawajfa announced on Tuesday that the university will reopen and resume classes next Sunday, May 26.
He added that the decision to resume classes was taken after a meeting took place in Ma'an Monday evening with the attendance of senior security officials, tribal leaders and dignitaries.
Dozens of residents of the southern governorate of Ma'an on Monday protested in front of the governorate hall calling for re-opening Al Hussein bin Talal University, classes in which have been suspended since last month's deadly clashes on campus that left 4 dead and dozens injured.
The university suspended classes since late April, when an 'open day' to celebrate the anniversary of the university's founding turned deadly when students clashed and were supplied with weapons from outside campus.
The clashes left four dead and dozens injured, including security personnel and university students, amid an alarmingly growing phenomenon of university and tribal violence in the kingdom, according to observers.
Minister of Interior Hussein Majali had said on Sunday that authorities would 'not risk causing any harm to university students, employees, or faculty' by reopening the campus amid continued tensions in the southern governorate over the proceedings of the investigation into the incident.
Members of the Hweitat tribe, which lost two of its members in late April's clashes, expressed dismay at what they considered government 'stalling' in finding and revealing the identity of the perpetrators of the university killings.
Despite major efforts by tribal leaders and state officials and lawmakers to contain repercussions of the incident, southern towns such as Al Husseiniya continued to witness road closures and riots.
A security source told Ammon News on Monday that the interstate highway that passes through Al Husseiniya district in Ma'an remains open, and denied reports that groups of young men are blocking the road to prevent students from reaching the university.
'The lives of students, academics, employees, and those who live in the area are more important to the government than any other issue right now,' Interior Minister Majali said, adding 'we are working day and night to overcome this problem.'
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Hussein University to reopen Sunday, weeks after deadly campus clashes
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