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THE head of the Palestinian intelligence services, Bashir Nafeh, was among those killed in a blast that shook a hotel in the Jordanian capital, a top Palestinian diplomat said. "Bashir Nafeh was killed in the attack on the Grand Hyatt hotel," charge d'affaires Atallah Khairy said. At least 57 people were killed and up to 300 wounded in three successive attacks on the Radisson SAS, Grand Hyatt and Days Inn hotels this morning, Jordanian officials said.

At least 57 people were killed and more than 115 were wounded when suspected suicide bombers struck almost simultaneously at three hotels in the Jordanian capital of Amman late Wednesday. One of the hotels is known to be popular with Israeli tourists. "There were three terrorist attacks on the Grand Hyatt, Radisson SAS and Days Inn hotels and it is believed that the blasts were suicide bombings," police spokesman Major Bashir al-Da'aja told The Associated Press. He declined to elaborate. Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister Marwan Muasher told CNN that at least 57 people were killed in the suicide bombings. Most...