Gunmen wound five tourists in central Amman-source

AMMAN, Sep 4 (Reuters) Two gunmen, including at least one Iraqi, chanting Islam's rallying cry of God is Greatest, fired at a group of foreign tourists in the Jordanian capital Amman today, wounding five, a security source and a witness said.

The source said at least one gunman, identified as an Iraqi national, was arrested by Jordanian police who cordoned off the site of the attack near the Roman amphitheatre in the central area of the capital.

''I was walking when I saw someone pull out a pistol from his pocket and start shouting Allahu Akbar (God is Greatest) and fire repeatedly,'' Mohammad Jawad Ali, an Iraqi who witnessed the shooting, told Reuters.

''Then I saw one tourist who appeared to be dead and three who were injured. They were in a group of seven. A woman told me they were tourists from New Zealand and England.'' There was no immediate confirmation of the possible death and nationalities. Jordanian police and officials had no immediate comment and no group claimed responsibility for the attack.

The central area of Amman is a very popular tourist attraction.

Al Qaeda in Iraq launched suicide bombings against hotels in Amman last year, killing scores of people.

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