Jordan: Death sentence handed down for perpetrators of 'St. George's Church' attack
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A Jordanian State Security Court has sentenced three criminals to death for carrying out a terrorist attack targeting St. George's Church in Karak.
Translated by Alqyas from Al-Anba — Original source
The Jordanian State Security Court issued its ruling today, Sunday, sentencing three criminals to death for carrying out the terrorist attack that targeted St. George’s Church in the town of Hamouda, in the Karak Governorate, on October 23 of last year.
The Jordan News Agency (Petra) reported that the decision came after the court convicted them of the crime of “committing terrorist acts resulting in the death of a person,” as well as the crime of “committing terrorist acts using weapons and ammunition in violation of the provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Law.”
Petra added that the court also convicted them of the crimes of “possessing weapons and ammunition with the intent to use them in carrying out terrorist acts” and “conspiring to commit terrorist acts using weapons and promoting the ideas of a terrorist group, in violation of the provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Law.”
One of the perpetrators of the terrorist attack was additionally convicted of the crime of “providing funds with the intent to use them to finance the commission of terrorist acts, in violation of the provisions of the Law on Combating Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism.”
It is worth noting that this judicial ruling issued by the State Security Court is subject to appeal and may be reviewed by the Court of Cassation in accordance with the law.
