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A Jordanian court sentenced three men to death by hanging for the deadly church shooting.
The attack, which occurred on October 23, killed nine people and injured 34; they all attended a Christian funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in Karak province, which has a significant Christian community.
Jordan's armed forces said on Sunday that the attackers had been found guilty of committing "acts of terrorism" as well as possessing weapons, "promoting the ideas of a terrorist organization" and "conspiracy to commit terrorist acts."
Three Jordanians - two brothers and their brother-in-law - fled the scene of the attack and were arrested three days later. Their identities have not been disclosed.
CCTV footage from the day of the attack showed three armed men approaching St George's Church in the village of Hmud and opening fire.
The second video shows dead and wounded people lying on the ground.
It is still unclear why the attackers targeted this particular church.
Shortly after the attack, King Abdullah II of Jordan wrote on social media X: “A terrorist attack on Karak will entail the harshest possible response. Those who delude themselves into thinking they can divide Jordanians with their bullets stand no chance in the face of our unity.”
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Three men fled the scene of the shooting. They were later found in an abandoned house in Karak province, south of the capital Amman.
They refused to surrender and opened fire on security forces, who returned fire and wounded all three, the Department of Public Security said at the time. None of the security forces were injured in the shootout.
King Abdullah praised security forces for pursuing the suspects "to the very end."
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In response to the attack on the church a week after the Karak shooting, Jordan struck targets that the Jordanian military said belonged to terrorist organizations in Syria.
Syrian health officials told state media that the strike on a village in the southern province of Daraa killed five people, including women, children and an elderly man. Jordan said its air force "killed and wounded several terrorists," without giving further details.
Jordan said it acted in agreement with the Syrian government, but Damascus says it was not informed of this in advance.
Jordan observed an unofficial ban on executions from 2006 to 2014, and from 2017 until June of this year.
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