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Three males sentenced to demise in Jordan over church assault that claimed 9 lives

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By Linda Ikeji

Three men sentenced to death in Jordan over church attack that claimed nine lives

A Jordanian court docket on Sunday sentenced three males to demise by hanging for finishing up final month’s lethal gun assault on a church within the kingdom’s south.

Gunmen murdered 9 folks and wounded 25 after they stormed a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in Hammoud village, in Jordan’s Karak governorate on October 23, 2026.

Authorities stated three males, two Jordanian brothers and their relative by marriage, fled after the assault and have been arrested three days later.

In an announcement on Sunday, the Jordanian army stated the “State Security Court issued its ruling sentencing to death the three criminals who carried out the terrorist attack” on the Greek Orthodox church.

The court docket discovered them responsible of “committing terrorist attacks” leading to demise, in addition to weapons offenses, “conspiracy to commit terrorist acts” and “promoting the ideas of a terrorist organization.”

The assault shocked the Muslim-majority kingdom, the place Christians make up round three p.c of the inhabitants.

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