Follow-Up: Jordan Court Sentences Three Men to Death Over Deadly Karak Church Attack
Jordan's State Security Court sentenced three men to death on Sunday, November 15, for carrying out an attack on a church in the southern governorate of Karak last month that killed nine people, the state news agency Petra reported, according to Reuters.
The court convicted the men of offences including carrying out terrorist acts resulting in death, possessing weapons and ammunition for terrorist purposes and promoting the ideology of a terrorist group. The ruling is subject to appeal and automatic review by the Court of Cassation, Petra said.
Gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in the village of Hamoud on October 23, in a rare attack on Jordan's Christian minority. Authorities said nine people were killed and 34 were also wounded.
Security forces arrested the three men on October 26 after a shootout at an abandoned house in Karak. All three were wounded, while no security personnel were injured, according to the Public Security Directorate.
Jordan later that day launched airstrikes on southern Syria against groups it linked to the church attack. Syrian authorities said seven people were killed. Jordan later acknowledged that its airstrikes had killed civilians in Syria, and the two countries agreed to form a joint security committee to review the incident and its consequences.
Source: Petra
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Photo: 图：约旦卡拉克城堡（资料图）。摄影：Dosseman，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Kerak Castle in Karak, Jordan (file photo). Photo by Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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