3 men sentenced to death over Jordan church attack
The gunmen killed nine people and wounded 25 others when they stormed a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in southern Hammoud village, Karak governorate, on Oct 23.
Three men have been sentenced to death by hanging for a deadly church shooting in southern Jordan, which occurred on October 23rd during the country's Christmas celebrations. The Jordanian military confirmed the ruling by the State Security Court, stating that the three men - two Jordanian brothers and their relative by marriage - were followers of a hardline Islamist ideology.
The attack at a Greek Orthodox church in Hammoud village, Karak governorate, resulted in nine deaths and 25 injuries. The court found the defendants guilty of terrorist attacks leading to death, weapons offenses, conspiracy to commit terrorist acts, and promoting the ideas of a terrorist organization. The victims' families were represented by lawyer Amer Halaseh, who called the ruling appropriate for the scale of the disaster.
Jordan also retaliated for the attack by launching strikes on terrorist organizations in Syria, but this action sparked a brief diplomatic crisis with its neighbor. The region has seen a series of attacks in recent years, some of which were blamed on the Islamic State.
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