Gunmen raided a Greek Orthodox church in the village of Hammoud on October 23, firing upon mourners during a funeral service. The assault resulted in nine deaths and left 25 other people wounded before the assailants fled the scene. Authorities captured the perpetrators, identified as two Jordanian brothers and their relative by marriage, three days after the incident. The State Security Court subsequently convicted them of multiple terrorism charges, including weapons offences and promoting the ideas of a terrorist organisation.
Key points
Jordan's State Security Court issued capital punishment to three men convicted of conduct…: Jordan's State Security Court issued capital punishment to three men convicted of conducting a deadly church massacre.
The targeted attack struck a funeral gathering in the southern Karak governorate, causing…: The targeted attack struck a funeral gathering in the southern Karak governorate, causing significant casualties among churchgoers.
The violent terror incident severely impacted a nation where Christians comprise only abo…: The violent terror incident severely impacted a nation where Christians comprise only about three percent of the total population.
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A Jordanian court has sentenced three men to death by hanging for carrying out last month’s deadly gun attack on a church in the kingdom’s south.
Gunmen killed nine people and wounded 25 others when they stormed a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in Hammoud village, in Jordan’s Karak governorate on October 23.
Authorities said three men, two Jordanian brothers and their relative by marriage, had fled after the attack and were arrested three days later.
In a statement Sunday, the Jordanian military said the “State Security Court issued its ruling sentencing to death the three criminals who carried out the terrorist attack” at the Greek Orthodox church.
The court found them guilty of “committing terrorist attacks” resulting in death, as well as weapons offences, “conspiracy to commit terrorist acts” and “promoting the ideas of a terrorist organisation”.
The attack shocked the Muslim-majority kingdom, where Christians make up around three percent of the population.
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