Three men sentenced to death in Jordan over fatal church mass shooting

Image source, ReutersImage caption, Nine people were killed in the shooting at the Greek Orthodox church last month.

Jordan realiza ataque mortal na Síria em retaliação ao ataque à igreja Publicado em 27 de outubro.

A Jordanian court has sentenced three men to death by hanging for carrying out a fatal mass shooting on a church last month.

The attack on 23 October killed nine people and injured 34 others who had been attending a Christian funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in Karak governorate.

As Forças Armadas da Jordânia disseram em uma declaração no domingo que os homens foram condenados por cometer “atos terroristas”, bem como por posse de armas, “por promover as ideias de uma organização terrorista” e “conspiração para cometer atos terroristas”.

The three men - two Jordanian brothers and their brother-in-law - fled the scene of the attack and were arrested three days later. They have not been publicly identified.

Karak is home to a sizeable Christian community in the Muslim-majority kingdom.

Filmagens de CCTV do dia do ataque mostraram três homens armados se aproximando e disparando contra a igreja de São Jorge na vila de Hmoud.

Figure caption, Watch: CCTV footage appears to show gunmen near church.

A second video showed dead and wounded people lying on the ground amid chaotic scenes at the church.

It is still unclear why the attackers chose to target that specific church.

Pouco depois do ataque, o rei Abdullah II da Jordânia escreveu no X: “O ataque terrorista contra Karak será respondido com a mais severa retaliação.”.

Those who delude themselves into thinking that they can divide Jordanians with their bullets have no chance in the face of our unity.

Os três homens fugiram do local do tiroteio e foram localizados posteriormente dentro de uma casa abandonada na governadoria de Karak, ao sul da capital, Amã.

They refused to surrender and opened fire on security forces, who returned fire and wounded all three of them, the Public Security Directorate said at the time.

Nenhum membro do pessoal de segurança ficou ferido no tiroteio.

King Abdullah praised security forces for chasing the suspects "to the very end.

Na semana seguinte ao tiroteio em Karak, Jordânia atacou o que seu exército descreveu como “organizações terroristas” na Síria em retaliação ao ataque à igreja.

Syrian health officials told state media that five people, including women, children and an elderly man, were killed in the strike on a village in the southern Daraa province.

Jordan said its fighter jets had killed and wounded "several terrorists" without giving further details.

Jordânia disse que havia coordenado com o governo sírio, mas a Síria afirmou que não havia sido notificada com antecedência.

Executions in Jordan are carried out by hanging. The kingdom previously observed an unofficial ban on executions from 2006 to 2014, and another pause from 2017 until June this year.

Sete mortos a tiros por atiradores em funeral de igreja na Jordânia, dizem autoridades.

Jordan arrests three men suspected of deadly church attack after shootout.