What happened
A Jordanian court has sentenced three men to death by hanging for a mass shooting at a Greek Orthodox church in Karak governorate. The attack took place on 23 October during a Christian funeral and resulted in nine deaths and 34 injuries.
The convicted individuals are two Jordanian brothers and their brother-in-law. They fled the scene and were arrested three days later after being located inside an abandoned house. Security forces wounded all three men during a shootout, while no security personnel were injured.
The men were convicted of committing terrorist acts, possessing weapons, promoting the ideas of a terrorist organisation, and conspiracy to commit terrorist acts. They have not been publicly identified.
CCTV footage showed three armed men approaching and firing on St George's church in the village of Hmoud. The motive for targeting that specific church remains unclear.
Executions in Jordan are carried out by hanging. The kingdom had observed pauses in executions from 2006 to 2014 and from 2017 until June of this year.
