Jordanian court sentences three church attackers to death

Jordan’s State Security Court has sentenced to death three perpetrators of the terrorist attack carried out at an Orthodox church in the Al-Karak Governorate on october 23.

TodayPress TV reports that the information was released by Jordan’s Petra news agency.

The court found the defendants guilty on nine counts of carrying out terrorist acts resulting in loss of life. They were also convicted of committing terrorist acts using weapons and ammunition, conspiring to carry out armed terrorist attacks, and promoting the ideology of a terrorist organisation.

One of the convicts was additionally found guilty of providing funds to finance terrorist acts. The verdict can be appealed. Under the law, the ruling must in any case be reviewed by Jordan’s Court of Cassation.

It should be recalled that on october 23, three terrorists opened fire at the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George in the Hammoud district of Al-Karak Governorate. According to the Ministry of Health, the attack, which took place during a memorial service, left nine people dead and 34 others injured. The attackers fled the scene but were later apprehended by Jordanian security forces.

Aysel Matlab