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AMMAN, Jordan (CNN) -- A gunman fired on people waiting to board a bus in Jordan's capital Wednesday, wounding five women and the bus driver before turning the gun on himself, a government official told CNN.
The injuries sustained by the six victims in Amman were not life-threatening, said Jordan's information minister, Nasser Judeh. The gunman, whose name was not immediately released, was in critical condition, he said.
Judeh said the victims and the gunman were all Arabs and officials don't consider the shooting an act of terrorism.
The incident occurred near the site of a shooting in September 2006, when a lone gunman killed a British man and wounded five tourists and a policeman near a Roman amphitheater, a major tourist destination in the old downtown section of Amman.
Authorities said that gunman, Nabil Ahmed, acted alone and was not connected to a terror group. A witness said the gunman yelled "Allahu Akbar," meaning "God is great," before firing on the tourists.
CNN's Mohammed Assad contributed to this report
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