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  "id": 20141509,
  "title": "Jordan sentences 3 men to death over church attack",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/jordan-sentences-3-men-to-death-over-church-attack",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T08:03:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/jordan-sentences-3-men-to-death-over-church-attack-2-1.500747975"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Jordan's State Security Court on Sunday pronounced death sentences by hanging on three men for the deadly shooting at a church in the southern Karak governorate. The attack, which occurred on October 23, resulted in nine deaths and 25 injuries during a funeral service at St George's Greek Orthodox Church in the village of Hmoud. The suspects were apprehended by Jordanian security forces in an early morning raid on October 26, following which a shootout ensued. All three suspects were wounded before they were taken into custody. The incident has shaken the Muslim-majority kingdom, with Karak being home to a significant Christian population.",
  "summary": "A Jordanian court on Sunday sentenced three men to death by hanging for carrying out a deadly shooting at a church in the kingdom's southern Karak governorate last month. The State Security Court issued the sentence over the attack, which killed nine people and injured 25 others, the Jordanian military said in a statement. The attack took place on October 23 at St George's Greek Orthodox Church…",
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        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "Jordan church attack: Three sentenced to death over shooting that killed nine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/jordan-church-attack-three-sentenced-to-death-over-shooting-that",
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Jordan sentences three men to death by hanging after deadly church attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/jordan-sentences-three-men-to-death-by-hanging-after-deadly-church",
        "published": "2026-11-15T08:15:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Jordan sentences three to death for Karak terrorist attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/jordan-sentences-three-to-death-for-karak-terrorist-attack",
        "published": "2026-11-15T08:22:27.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "Three sentenced to death over Jordan church attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/three-sentenced-to-death-over-jordan-church-attack",
        "published": "2026-11-15T08:53:39.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Jordan court sentences three men to hang over October church massacre that killed nine",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/jordan-court-sentences-three-men-to-hang-over-october-church-massacre",
        "published": "2026-11-15T10:55:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Three men sentenced to death in Jordan over fatal church mass shooting",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/three-men-sentenced-to-death-in-jordan-over-fatal-church-mass-shooting",
        "published": "2026-11-15T11:06:32.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Jordan sentences three men to death over deadly church attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/jordan-sentences-three-men-to-death-over-deadly-church-attack",
        "published": "2026-11-15T11:09:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Three men sentenced to death in Jordan over Karak terror shooting which killed nine people",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/three-men-sentenced-to-death-in-jordan-over-karak-terror-shooting",
        "published": "2026-11-15T11:42:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Jordan sentences three men to death over deadly church attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/jordan-sentences-three-men-to-death-over-deadly-church-attack-20166284",
        "published": "2026-11-15T11:46:27.000Z"
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}