Jordan's state-run Petra news agency reported that Tareq Mohammed al-Khaldi, 20, died today in King Abdullah I hospital near the northern city of Irbid.
"Khaldi was taken to hospital on Thursday after he was hit by sniper fire as he was driving his car during a visit to relatives in Homs."
Petra gave no details on the first officially reported Jordanian fatality in the neighbouring country's unrest. But a local news website said Khaldi was shot in the head.
Syrian security forces backed by tanks have been trying to crush dissent city by city and town by town since pro-democracy protests erupted in mid-March.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 2,150 people have since been killed -- 1,744 civilians and 406 members of the security forces.
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