Jordan sentences 3 men to death over deadly church attack
A Jordanian court on Sunday sentenced three men to death by hanging over a deadly church shooting, as the kingdom’s Christmas celebrations were cancelled in solidarity with the victims’ families. 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 October 23. Authorities said three men, two…
Jordan’s State Security Court sentenced three men to death on Sunday for an attack on a Greek Orthodox church in Hammoud village, located in the Karak governorate. The gunmen opened fire during a funeral on October 23, killing nine people. The South China Morning Post reports that the kingdom cancelled Christmas celebrations in solidarity with the victims' families.
The three men, described by The Times of Israel as two brothers and another relative, were convicted of offenses including promoting the ideology of a terrorist group, possessing weapons and ammunition for terrorist purposes, and carrying out terrorist acts resulting in death.
According to the Jerusalem Post and New Straits Times, security forces arrested the men on October 26 following a shootout at an abandoned house in Karak, during which all three suspects were wounded. The Public Security Directorate stated that no security personnel were injured during that encounter. While the South China Morning Post reported that 25 people were wounded, the Jerusalem Post and New Straits Times reported that 34 people were wounded.
The ruling is subject to an automatic review by the Court of Cassation and an appeal process, according to Petra.
On the day of the attack, Jordan launched airstrikes in southern Syria against groups linked to the incident. Syrian authorities stated that the strikes killed seven people, including a woman and three children. Jordan later acknowledged that its airstrikes had killed civilians in Syria, and the two nations agreed to form a joint security committee to review the consequences of the incident.
Brief written by urgent.news from South China Morning Post, Al-Monitor, The Times of Israel, Jerusalem Post, New Straits Times — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
