Career
Bani Hani was chosen in the Parliamentary elections of 2010 and served in the 16th Parliament of Jordan in the House of Representatives as a representative of the First District of Irbid Governorate. His term ended when new elections were held early 2013. Bani Hani was killed on 6 October 2013 during a tribal clash in First Rate (at Lloyd's) Barha District, Irbid.
Bani Hani was in the process of breaking up a group of young men and calming people down when he was shot in the stomach.
A total of seven persons were shot in the clashes, including a brother of Bani Hani. Jordan"s Interior Minister, Hussein First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Majali, said that the likely suspect was taken into custody.
