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Three men sentenced to death in Jordan over fatal church mass shooting

Three men sentenced to death in Jordan over fatal church mass shooting

The attack on funeral at a Greek Orthodox church killed nine and injured 34 others last month.

A Jordanian court has sentenced three men to death by hanging for carrying out a fatal mass shooting on a church last month.

The attack on 23 October killed nine people and injured 34 others who had been attending a Christian funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in Karak governorate.

Jordan's Armed Forces said in a statement on Sunday that the men had been convicted of committing "terrorist acts", as well as possessing weapons, "promoting the ideas of a terrorist organisation" and "conspiracy to commit terrorist acts".

The three men - two Jordanian brothers and their brother-in-law - fled the scene of the attack and were arrested three days later. They have not been publicly identified.

Karak is home to a sizeable Christian community in the Muslim-majority kingdom.

CCTV footage from the day of the attack showed three men holding guns approaching and firing on St George's church in the village of Hmoud.

A second video showed dead and wounded people lying on the ground amid chaotic scenes at the church.

It is still unclear why the attackers chose to target that specific church.

Shortly after the attack, Jordan's King Abdullah II wrote on X: "The terrorist attack against Karak will be met with the harshest retaliation.

In brief

A Jordanian court has sentenced three men to death by hanging for carrying out a fatal mass shooting on a church last month. The three men - two Jordanian brothers and their brother-in-law - fled the scene of the attack and were arrested three days later. Shortly after the attack, Jordan's King Abdullah II wrote on X: "The terrorist attack against Karak will be met with the harshest retaliation.

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