AMMAN, Jordan — A Jordanian security official says the motorcade of King Abdullah II has been attacked with empty bottles and stones during a visit to a southern town. The king escaped unharmed.

The attack came today hours after Abdullah bowed to popular demands for electing a prime minister from a parliamentary majority, replacing the current method of appointing the Cabinet.

The security official said the king was not hurt.

He said a crowd of young people attacked the motorcade twice in two different areas in Tafila, 125 miles south of the Jordanian capital.

Abdullah was on a fact-finding trip to inspect infrastructure projects and hear his subjects' demands.