{Jordanian police captain kills at least four military personnel before being gunned down.}
A Jordanian police captain shot dead two Americans and one South African at a police training centre near the capital.
One Jordanian also died from his wounds later in hospital, bringing the death toll to at least five including the shooter, who colleagues gunned down after the attack near Amman on Monday.
State news agency Petra said the three foreign instructors killed were on contract with Jordanian police.
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Government spokesman Mohammed Momani told Al Jazeera that the shooter, Anwar Abu Zaid, had served in the criminal investigation department and the police intelligence unit, before joining the training programme in Muwaqar.
Pentagon Spokesman Major James Brindle told Al Jazeera that the Pentagon was trying to verify information, adding that he could not yet confirm the identity of the two dead Americans.
The police training centre is in Al-Mowager, 30km from Amman, and mainly trains Iraqi and Palestinian forces.
The attack coincides with the 10th anniversary of suicide bombings in Amman hotels that cost 60 lives and wounded dozens more.
ALJAZEERA
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