Jordan sentences three men to death over deadly church attack

Jordan’s State Security Court sentenced three men to death on Sunday for a terrorist attack on a Greek Orthodox church in the village of Hamoud, located in the southern Karak governorate. According to the state news agency Petra, the men were convicted of offenses including carrying out terrorist acts resulting in death, promoting the ideology of a terrorist group, and possessing weapons and ammunition for terrorist purposes. The ruling is subject to automatic review by the Court of Cassation and an appeal process.

The attack occurred on October 23 during a funeral and killed nine people, while 34 others were wounded, according to the Jerusalem Post and New Straits Times. Security forces arrested the three men on October 26 following a shootout at an abandoned house in Karak. The Public Security Directorate reported that all three suspects were wounded in the arrest, while no security personnel were injured.

Following the attack, Jordan launched airstrikes in southern Syria against groups it linked to the incident. Syrian authorities stated the strikes killed seven people, including a woman and three children. Jordan later acknowledged the civilian deaths, and both countries agreed to form a joint security committee to review the consequences of the incident, as reported by the Jerusalem Post and New Straits Times.

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