January 15, 2010 6:41 PM

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One held for recent bomb attack on Israeli embassy

Jordanian authorities have arrested one person in Amman, suspected of involvement in yesterday’s bomb attack on an Israeli embassy convoy in the country.<br/><br/>According to Israeli daily Haaretz, the arrest was made after a roadside explosive device went off near a convoy of cars carrying three Israeli diplomats travelling from Jordan toward Israel.<br/><br/>No one was hurt in the blast which occurred when diplomats were crossing a bridge between Jordan and the West Bank. Israeli Foreign Ministry said that the Israeli ambassador was not in the convoy. Israel and Jordan, signed a peace treaty in 1994, maintain close security cooperation and cordial diplomatic ties.

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