Jordan court sentences three men to death over deadly church attack

Jordan’s State Security Court on Sunday sentenced three men to death after convicting them of carrying out an armed attack last month on a church in the Karak Governorate, Anadolu Agency reported.

The court found the men guilty of terrorist acts that killed nine people, the state-run Petra News Agency reported.

They were also convicted of conspiring to commit terrorist acts using weapons and promoting the ideology of a terrorist group. One of the three was additionally convicted of providing funds to finance terrorist acts, Petra said.

The attack took place on Oct. 23 during a funeral service at the church in Karak, western Jordan. Nine people were killed and 34 others wounded.

Jordan’s Public Security Directorate said on Oct. 26 that the three attackers had been arrested after joint search operations. Security forces located them in an abandoned house in Karak, where they refused to surrender and opened fire.

The operation ended with all three men wounded and arrested. Firearms and ammunition were seized, and no security force members were injured.