Jordan court sentences three to death for church attack in Al-Karak

A Jordanian court sentenced three militants to death for an attack on a church in Al-Karak that killed nine people and wounded dozens on October 23. Two other defendants received six-year prison terms.

A Jordanian court today (Sunday) sentenced three terrorists to death for the attack on a church in the Al-Karak area in the south of the country, which resulted in the deaths of nine people and the wounding of dozens last month. In addition, a six-year prison sentence was handed down to two other defendants involved in the attack. The attack took place on October 23, when two gunmen got out of a vehicle and opened fire on the church during a funeral being held there. According to reports from that day, the assailants acted out of extremist Islamic motives, and one of them was armed with an automatic weapon. According to eyewitnesses, the church was completely full, and the shooting was carried out from the church entrance by two people unknown to the Christian community in Jordan.