Jordan sentences three men to death over deadly church attack

AMMAN — Jordan’s State Security Court sentenced three men to death on Sunday 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.

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 34 people 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, ​a U.S. ⁠partner in the fight against extremism, later that day launched airstrikes on southern Syria against groups ​it linked to the church attack. Syrian ​authorities ⁠said seven people, including three children and a woman, were killed.

Jordan later acknowledged that its airstrikes had killed ⁠civilians…

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