{"id":115777,"date":"2026-11-15T17:22:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T17:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/jordan-sentences-three-men-to-death-over-deadly-church-attack-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2026-11-15T17:22:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T17:22:48","slug":"jordan-sentences-three-men-to-death-over-deadly-church-attack-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/jordan-sentences-three-men-to-death-over-deadly-church-attack-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan sentences three men to death over deadly church attack | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"

Offences include carrying out terrorist acts resulting in\u00a0death, promoting ideology of terrorist group<\/p>\n

Jordanian security forces stand guard outside Jordan’s State Security Court, ahead of its verdict in the trial of suspects accused of carrying out the October 23 attack on a church in Karak Governorate, in Amman, Jordan, November 15, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS <\/p>\n

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Jordan\u2019s State Security Court sentenced\u00a0three\u00a0men\u00a0to\u00a0death\u00a0on Sunday for carrying out an attack on a church\u00a0in the southern governorate of Karak last month that killed nine people, the state news agency Petra <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n

The court convicted the\u00a0men\u00a0of offences including carrying out terrorist acts resulting in\u00a0death, possessing weapons and ammunition for terrorist purposes and promoting the ideology of a terrorist group. The ruling is subject to appeal and automatic review by the Court of Cassation, Petra <\/em>said.<\/p>\n

Gunmen\u00a0opened fire during a funeral<\/a> at a Greek Orthodox\u00a0church\u00a0in the village of Hamoud on October 23, in a rare\u00a0attack\u00a0on\u00a0Jordan\u2019s Christian minority. Authorities said 34 people were also wounded.<\/p>\n

Read:\u00a0<\/strong>Jordan king vows crackdown after attack<\/a><\/p>\n

Security forces arrested the\u00a0three\u00a0men\u00a0on October 26 after a shootout at an abandoned house in Karak. All\u00a0three\u00a0were wounded, while no security personnel were injured, according to the Public Security Directorate.<\/p>\n

Jordan, a United States partner in the fight against extremism, later that day launched airstrikes\u00a0on southern Syria against groups it linked to the\u00a0church\u00a0attack. Syrian authorities said seven people, including\u00a0three\u00a0children and a woman, were killed.<\/p>\n

Jordan\u00a0later acknowledged that its airstrikes had killed civilians in Syria and the two countries agreed\u00a0to form a joint security committee to review the incident and its consequences.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Offences include carrying out terrorist acts resulting in\u00a0death, promoting ideology of terrorist group Jordanian security forces stand guard outside Jordan’s State Security Court, ahead of its verdict in the trial of suspects accused of carrying out the October 23 attack on a church in Karak Governorate, in Amman, Jordan, November 15, 2026. PHOTO: REUTERS Jordan\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/jordan1794741560-0\/jordan1794741560-0-640x480.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t