SOUNDBITE: (English) Saad Hattar, Nahed Hattar’s cousin: “Well, I feel that his death is a huge loss to the nation, to the country, to the voice of Jordan, because he is a public figure and his loss is a huge loss to the country and to the pan-Arab cause.” SOUNDBITE: (English) Saad Hattar, Nahed Hattar’s cousin: “This is a group of political parties, politicians, former officials, tribesmen and women are gathering here to voice the dismay and anger and disappointment regarding this terrorist act in plain daylight, they want the responsibles (those responsible) on this act to be accountable and measures to be taken against them from government officials down to the one who triggered (fired) the shot.” SOUNDBITE: (English) Dima Tahboub, MP and spokesperson of the Islamic Action Front led-Coalition bloc in the parliament: “We totally condemn this crime, this assassination, we send our condolences to the family of the victim, we send our condolences to all the Jordanian people because Jordan is known as a country of safety, security and prosperity, it celebrates unity between all its members, so this is an alien crime, we have never known this in Jordan, we should condemn the perpetrators, send them to law, and discuss, an extended royal discussion. What are the reasons of this crime, why has it happened, how can we protect the Jordanian people from such happenings in the future?” SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bargham Halaseh, friend of Nahed Hattar: “The government isn’t taking any measures in this direction. Video threats were published, articles were published on social media, the newspaper Sabeel specifically threatened him. Up until right now his speech was considered a crime. When the Prime Minister (Hani al-Mulki) issued an arrest warrant on Friday from the Ministry of Interior for Nahed Hattar, I expected this wouldn’t end well. Today we’re confronted with a crime... Yes of course it was expected. I expected others will be killed.” SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bargham Halaseh, friend of Nahed Hattar: “At 8 o’clock (0500 GMT) this morning we stopped in front of the Jordanian high court and when Nahed entered, this criminal fired four shots from behind and killed him. In my estimation, he died because the government’s inability to understand the Jordanian psychology and the lack of action towards extremism since in Jordan we have a community, not a small one, mind you, which plays an influential role as sleeper cells for Daesh (the Islamic State group).”