King Abdullah II of Jordan and his wife Queen Rania commemorated this Monday, November 9th, the 10th anniversary of the bloody attacks which occured in Amman.

During a commemoration ceremony in the Jordanian capital, the royal couple prayed and laid a wreath in memory of the 60 people killed and 300 wounded.

On  November 9th 2005, at 9:00pm(21 O'Clock Jordanian time), three large hotels in Amman used to house foreign diplomats, were targeted by suicide bombers equipped with suicide bombings belts explosive. The four suspects, three of whom died, were Iraqis.

"Al-Qaeda in Iraq" immediately claimed the attack, saying the group had hit "the US Secret Service, Israeli and other Western European governments" in Iraq. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, head of al-Qaida in Iraq, has been named as the sponsor of attentats.

Following the attacks Their Majesties had visited several hospitals and met the victims after the attacks. The king had said: "The pain you felt in the loss of your beloved relatives, killed for no crime they have committed, was shared by all Jordanians regardless of their origins or religions"
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