Three men sentenced to death in Jordan over fatal church mass shooting
A Jordanian court has sentenced three men to death by hanging for carrying out a fatal mass shooting on a church last month. The attack on 23 October killed nine people and injured 34 others who had been attending a Christian funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in Karak governorate. Jordan’s Armed Forces said in [...] The post Three men sentenced to death in Jordan over fatal church mass shooting…
A Jordanian court has sentenced three men to death by hanging for a fatal mass shooting at a Greek Orthodox church in Karak governorate on October 23. The attack killed nine people and injured 34 others attending the funeral. The men, two Jordanian brothers and their brother-in-law, fled the scene and were arrested three days later after opening fire on security forces.
They were convicted of "terrorist acts", possessing weapons, promoting terrorist ideas, and conspiracy to commit terrorist acts. Jordan's King Abdullah II vowed harsh retaliation against the attackers, and the kingdom retaliated by targeting "terrorist organisations" in Syria.
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