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Blasts Hit Three Hotels in Jordan, Kill Scores

Officials suspect all three blasts that rocked Jordan's capital Wednesday night were carried out by suicide bombers.
Melody Kokozska, NPR
Officials suspect all three blasts that rocked Jordan's capital Wednesday night were carried out by suicide bombers.

Bombs rock three hotels in the downtown area of Jordan's capital, Amman. Scores of deaths have been reported and more than 100 have been wounded after the near-simultaneous blasts at the Grand Hyatt, the Radisson SAS Hotel and the Days Inn. Freelance reporter Kristen Gillespie has details about the bombings.

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