Jordan soldier to be charged for murdering US troops

A government official says a Jordanian soldier faces murder charges in the shooting deaths of three US military trainers at a Jordanian air base.

He says the soldier will be tried by a military court, starting Wednesday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to brief reporters.

The US Army Green Berets were killed November 4 at the Al-Jafr air base in southern Jordan. They came under fire as their convoy entered the base.

Jordanian officials initially said the trainers sparked the shooting by disobeying orders from Jordanian soldiers.