Police arrest suspect in ‘murder disguised as hit-and-run’

AMMAN — Zarqa Public Security Department personnel have arrested a suspect allegedly involved in a February incident in which a man was found dead on a main road and registered as the victim of a hit-and-run incident, the PSD said Tuesday.

The case was changed from a hit-and-run incident to murder at the beginning of this month after new information came to light, suggesting that a person involved in a dispute with the victim was the last to see him before his death, the PSD said in a statement.

Detectives retraced the victim’s last steps and interviewed several people. The result of the investigation led to the suspect.

Although the suspect strongly denied having been involved in the crime, evidence and witness testimonies proved the opposite, the PSD added.

Faced with the collected evidence, the suspect confessed to hitting the victim on the head on account of a financial dispute and then running him over with a huge vehicle so that the case would likely be classified as a hit-and-run, according to the statement.

The case was referred to the specialised prosecutor general and the suspect was charged with murder.