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Jordan says 10 dead, over 200 hurt in Aqaba toxic gas leak

 Jordan says 10 dead, over 200 hurt in Aqaba toxic gas leak

Photo: Yazan Obeidat

Amman – Ten people were killed and more than 200 injured Monday in a toxic gas leak in Jordan’s Aqaba port, the government’s spokesman said.

The death toll rose to 10, Faisal al-Shaboul told AFP, revising an initial toll of five killed.