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Tourist killed in Jordan shooting

AMMAN, Jordan (CNN) -- A gunman has shot dead a British tourist in the center of Amman and wounded five tourists and a Jordanian tour guide, Jordanian officials said.

The casualties included the British man who died, two other wounded Britons and the Jordanian, Jordanian government spokesman Nasser Judeh said. One Dutch person, an Australian and a New Zealander were also wounded.

Police and intelligence sources said four of the tourists are women and the Dutch citizen is a man.

Jordanian government spokesman Nasser Judeh told CNN those wounded were taken to a hospital in Amman but were not facing critical injuries. (Watch as police seal off scene of shooting -- 1:00)

The incident took place near the Roman amphitheater in Amman, a major tourist destination in the center of the capital.

Judeh said the gunman, a Jordanian citizen, was arrested.

The British Embassy in Jordan said it had sent a consular team to the scene, but did not immediately confirm the nationality of the tourist who was killed.

An Iraqi eyewitness described the incident. "I was walking when I saw someone pull out a pistol from his pocket ... and fire repeatedly," Mohammad Jawad Ali told Reuters.

"Then I saw one tourist who appeared to be dead and three who were injured. They were in a group of seven. A woman told me they were tourists from New Zealand and England."

Fears of a terrorist attack in Jordan have been heightened since al Qaeda in Iraq launched suicide bombings against hotels in Amman last year, killing scores of people.

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