(BSS/AFP) - A man was shot dead and three members of the security services wounded after gunfire at dawn Sunday in the neighbourhood in Jordan`s capital where the Israeli embassy is located, the official Petra news agency reported.

"The Public Security Directorate announced that it dealt with an incident of gunfire at a patrol operating in the Rabieh area in the capital, Amman, at dawn on Sunday," the agency said, adding the incident "resulted in the killing of the perpetrator".